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Strengthening intergenerational solidarity in South Africa: closing the gaps in the social security system for unemployed young
— a case study of the "perverse incentive" | | Author(s) | Valerie Moller |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, vol 8, no 2, 2010 |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2010 |
| Pages | pp 145-160 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Annotation | For many decades, the top generation of social pensioners, mainly older women, have represented the main income earners for poor South African households whose working-age members cannot find employment. Since the introduction of the child support grant in 1998, the younger and middle generations of women have increasingly come to share the financial burden in poor households. However, able-bodied male household members who are unemployed fall through the social security net and remain financially dependent unless they can access a disability grant. The paper provides an overview of South Africa's social security system and its impact on intergenerational solidarity. It also reports a study of the 'perverse incentive' that explores the motivations for youth to fraudulently access social assistance in order to contribute to family welfare. The survey results are supportive of calls to reconsider welfare reform to fill the gaps in South Africa's social security net. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100809203 A |
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