Race and the incidence of unemployment in South Africa

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 198-222

  Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi ^a   Knight, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MODELING; RACE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE GAP;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1342346394     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2004.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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