Unemployment, Education and Skills Constraints in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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2007-03
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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 07/120
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This paper investigates the relationship between education and unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa, and probes the argument that employment growth has been inhibited particularly by skills constraints. We use probit regression analysis to show that higher education protected against unemployment in both 1995 and 2003, and that overall, the relative benefits to tertiary education rose over the period.
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Dias, R., Posel, D. 2007-03. Unemployment, Education and Skills Constraints in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 07/120. University of Cape Town.