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

It is commonly claimed that the South African labor market is unusually inflexible owing to the strength of the unions and the system of centralized collective bargaining. One aspect of labor market inflexibility concerns the responsiveness of wages to local unemployment. Examining this spatial rela...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kingdon, G, Knight, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: GPRG 2005