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Social security for young people amidst high poverty and unemployment: Some policy options for South Africa

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  • Miriam Altman
  • Zitha Mokomane
  • Gemma Wright

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South African youth experience extremely high levels of unemployment and poverty. Currently there is no social assistance for low-income young adults in South Africa unless they are disabled. Interventions are needed that can achieve widespread poverty alleviation, as well as help facilitate economic participation to improve lifelong earnings. In this article, six examples of social security policy options are considered, including five grants ranging from an unconditional non-means-tested grant for young people to a conditional grant for young people in training or education, plus an 'Opportunities voucher' that is administered through the social security system but paid out to organisations offering youth education or work opportunities. Using a tax and benefit microsimulation model to simulate the five grants, we estimate the potential numbers reached and cost, as well as the impact of these six options on poverty.

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  • Miriam Altman & Zitha Mokomane & Gemma Wright, 2014. "Social security for young people amidst high poverty and unemployment: Some policy options for South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(2), pages 347-362, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:31:y:2014:i:2:p:347-362
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.873346
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    1. Sandile Mthethwa & Edilegnaw Wale, 2021. "Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Rural South Africa: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey Data," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-17, February.
    2. Gemma Wright & Michael Noble & Helen Barnes & David McLennan & Michell Mpike, 2016. "SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model: Recent developments," WIDER Working Paper Series 115, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Mokomane, Zitha & Mokhele, Tholang & Mathews, Catherine & Makoae, Mokhantšo, 2017. "Availability and accessibility of public health services for adolescents and young people in South Africa," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 125-132.
    4. COMANICIU Carmen, 2017. "Social Security Contributions In The European Union - Similarities And Differences," Revista Economica, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 69(5), pages 22-34, December.
    5. Gemma Wright & Michael Noble & Helen Barnes & David McLennan & Michell Mpike, 2016. "SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model: Recent developments," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-115, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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