massive unemployment problem. This paper takes stock of the international literature and conducts an economywide macro … investigates whether this policy measure is appropriate in dealing with South Africas particular sources of unemployment. We argue … dominant policy instrument for dealing with the broader unemployment problem. To enhance the effectiveness of wage subsidies …

considerable reforms, the country has failed to generate pro-poor growth, with both unemployment and inequality worsening over the … differently and whether liberalization has contributed to the faster rise in female unemployment and poverty. The results suggest …