Unemployment and reservation wages in working-class Cape Town

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 498-509

  Nattrass, Nicoli ^a   Walker, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; PRICING POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 29144521473     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2005.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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