There is consensus among analysts that South Africa's unemployment is structural in the sense that the unemployed generally possess lower skills than what is required in the marketplace. In the context of increasing demand for skilled workers due to technical progress and the need to become more competitive globally, graduate unemployment would be expected to fall.
Reference:
Pauw, K., Oosthuizen, M., van der Westhuizen, C. 2006-11. Graduate Unemployment in the Face of Skill Shortages: A Labour Market Paradox. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 06/114. University of Cape Town.
Pauw, K., Oosthuizen, M., & van der Westhuizen, C. (2006). Graduate Unemployment in the Face of Skill Shortages: A Labour Market Paradox (Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 06/114). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7346
Pauw, Kalie, Morne Oosthuizen, and Carlene van der Westhuizen Graduate Unemployment in the Face of Skill Shortages: A Labour Market Paradox. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 06/114. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7346
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