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Type | Working Paper - International Policy Center Working Paper Series |
Title | Why has unemployment risen in the new South Africa? |
Author(s) | |
Issue | 35 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2006 |
Page numbers | 1-60 |
URL | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/55749/4/IPC-working-paper-mclaren-035.pdf |
Abstract | We document the rise in unemployment in South Africa since the transition in 1994. We describe the likely causes of this increase and analyze whether the increase in unemployment is due to structural changes in the economy (resulting in a new equilibrium unemployment rate) or to negative shocks (that temporarily have increased unemployment.) We conclude the former are more important. Our analysis includes a multinomial logit approach to understanding transitions in individual-level changes in labor market status using the first nationally representative panel in South Africa. Our analysis highlights several key constraints to addressing unemployment in South Africa. |
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Banerjee, Abhijit, Sebastian Galiani, Jim Levinsohn, Zoë McLaren, and Ingrid Woolard. "Why has unemployment risen in the new South Africa?." International Policy Center Working Paper Series , no. 35 (2006).