- Title
- The impact of technology on unemployment in South Africa: a case of the Manufacturing, Mining and Agriculture Sectors
- Creator
- Nelani, Aviwe
- Subject
- Unemployment -- Technological innovations -- South Africa
- Subject
- Labor supply -- Effect of technological innovations on -- South Africa
- Date
- 2022-01
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/28839
- Identifier
- vital:75131
- Description
- The research investigates the effect of technology on unemployment in South Africa, focusing on three industries, namely manufacturing, agriculture, and the mining industry from 2000 to 2017. The pooled ordinary least squares, random effect model and fixed effects model were utilised to test the impact of technology on unemployment. Research and development were used as a degree for technology in this study, as it was the main independent variable. The results suggest that there is insignificant effect of technology on unemployment, there are many studies in the literature that have supported this sentiment. So, having concluded that technology does have an insignificant effect on unemployment, this also means that changes in technology do not affect the country significantly, even though some industries will have to make small adjustments in responding to the technological changes.
- Description
- Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (xii, 85 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management and Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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