How flexible are wages in response to local unemployment in South Africa?

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 471-495

  Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi ^a   Knight, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748415588     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390605900308     Document Type: Article

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