Does Employing Workers or Accepting Work Pay? Analyzing Labor Costs in South Africa

For more than a decade, South Africa has experienced falling labor force participation rates while maintaining relatively high unemployment rates, particularly among its youth. This paper examines the role of labor costs from the perspectives of em...

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Main Authors: Langbein, Joerg, Weber, Michael
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/245291531921398385/Does-employing-workers-or-accepting-work-pay-Analyzing-labor-costs-in-South-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30194