Are the unemployed in South Africa ‘pricing themselves out of the labour market;’? This paper explores this proposition through an analysis of reservation wages in Cape Town's working class district of Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain. It argues that reservation wages are not out of line with predicted wages. This, in turn, suggests that unemployment in the area is not attributable to job seekers having unrealistically high reservation wages
Ever since the transition post-1994, the South African economy have been faced with increasing unemp...
Accepted for publication by The South African Journal of Economics 76(1)2008. The definitive version...
The transition from school to work marks the beginning of the labour market experience of youth. If ...
Are the unemployed in South Africa ‘pricing themselves out of the labour market;’? This paper explor...
Are the unemployed in South Africa 'pricing themselves out of the labour market;'? This paper explor...
Unemployment in South Africa is so widespread that it demands an explanation. This paper examines tw...
This paper provides a rough guide to the labour force in Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain with a particu...
South Africa's unemployment rate is one of the highest in the world, and it has important distributi...
High rates of long-term unemployment pose difficulties for the mapping of the class structure. In So...
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A large amount of recent evidence finds a negative relationship between local unemployment and wages...
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-39).In South Africa today, one of the most urgent eco...
This paper provides a rough guide to the labour force in Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain with a particu...
Unemployment is a key determinant of poverty in South Africa and job losses are closely associated w...
We document the rise in unemployment in South Africa since the transition in 1994. We describe the l...
Ever since the transition post-1994, the South African economy have been faced with increasing unemp...
Accepted for publication by The South African Journal of Economics 76(1)2008. The definitive version...
The transition from school to work marks the beginning of the labour market experience of youth. If ...
Are the unemployed in South Africa ‘pricing themselves out of the labour market;’? This paper explor...
Are the unemployed in South Africa 'pricing themselves out of the labour market;'? This paper explor...
Unemployment in South Africa is so widespread that it demands an explanation. This paper examines tw...
This paper provides a rough guide to the labour force in Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain with a particu...
South Africa's unemployment rate is one of the highest in the world, and it has important distributi...
High rates of long-term unemployment pose difficulties for the mapping of the class structure. In So...
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/74834/1/j.1468-0351.2008.00340.x.pd
A large amount of recent evidence finds a negative relationship between local unemployment and wages...
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-39).In South Africa today, one of the most urgent eco...
This paper provides a rough guide to the labour force in Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain with a particu...
Unemployment is a key determinant of poverty in South Africa and job losses are closely associated w...
We document the rise in unemployment in South Africa since the transition in 1994. We describe the l...
Ever since the transition post-1994, the South African economy have been faced with increasing unemp...
Accepted for publication by The South African Journal of Economics 76(1)2008. The definitive version...
The transition from school to work marks the beginning of the labour market experience of youth. If ...