The paper looks at the dynamics of employment in South Africa and examines the factors that contributed to the job … productivity growth in most sectors, played an important role in suppressing employment creation. The paper also finds that while …

This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for … labour rather than worker characteristics is the main reason for pervasive underemployment. Integration into the global … potential to become competitive in light manufacturing, but the most promising avenue for export-led growth of employment in …

persisting increases in unemployment. This paper analyses the impacts of the crisis on euro area labour markets, paying … accelerate the adjustment capacity of euro area labour markets and help reduce the current high levels of structural unemployment. …