The current misalignment of labour supply and demand in South Africa constitutes one of the factors that hold back the countrys economic growth. Consequently, efforts have recently been made to estimate future labour demand so that current policies are designed in such a way as to attempt to minimise the skills mismatch.
Reference:
Oosthuizen, M. 2003-08. Expected Labour Demands in South Africa 1998 - 2003. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 03/081. University of Cape Town.
Oosthuizen, M. (2003). Expected Labour Demands in South Africa 1998 - 2003 (Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 03/081). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7383
Oosthuizen, Morne Expected Labour Demands in South Africa 1998 - 2003. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 03/081. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7383
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