Rinie Schenck

Position: Professor

Institution: University of the Western Cape

Expertise: Social Work, informal economy, day labour, waste pickers, unemployment

I am Professor and C3-rated researcher in the Department of Social Work at the University of the Western Cape. Previously I was lecturing at Unisa for 25 years. I have been involved with the day labour research with Derick Blaauw and Nik Theodore since 2004.

Articles

Day labourers and the role of foreign migrants: for better or for worse?

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Articles

Creating jobs, reducing poverty I: Why the informal sector should be taken seriously and enabled properly

What is the role of manufacturing in boosting economic growth and employment in South Africa?

Who are the middle class in South Africa? Does it matter for policy?

Why are foreign-run spaza shops more successful? The rapidly changing spaza sector in South Africa

Informal settlements: poverty traps or ladders to work?

Adcorp’s employment and unemployment figures are not taken seriously by researchers – yet they can do much harm

How much is inequality reduced by progressive taxation and government spending?

How high is graduate unemployment in South Africa? A much-needed update

A job in the informal sector reduces poverty about as much as a job in the formal sector

Who creates jobs, who destroys jobs? Small firms, large firms and labour market rigidity