Why is Youth Unemployment so High and Unequally spread in South Africa?
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2002-05
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University of Cape Town
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Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 02/065
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Not only does the South African labour market exhibit a high unemployment rate for the young, according to international standards, but it also shows evidence of large inequalities between age groups, races and genders. Thus, this paper first seeks to explain these stylised factsinvestigating the microeconomic determinants of employment for different groups of the population.
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Mlatsheni, C., Rospabe, S. 2002-05. Why is Youth Unemployment so High and Unequally spread in South Africa?. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 02/065. University of Cape Town.