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Why has unemployment risen in the New South Africa? 1

dc.contributor.authorGaliani, Sebastianen_US
dc.contributor.authorLevinsohn, Jimen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcLaren, Zoeen_US
dc.contributor.authorWoolard, Ingriden_US
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Abhijiten_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T21:47:37Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T21:47:37Z
dc.date.issued2008-10en_US
dc.identifier.citationBanerjee, Abhijit; Galiani, Sebastian; Levinsohn, Jim; McLaren, ZoË; Woolard, Ingrid (2008). "Why has unemployment risen in the New South Africa? 1 ." Economics of Transition 16(4): 715-740. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/74834>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0967-0750en_US
dc.identifier.issn1468-0351en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rightsJournal compilation © 2008 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Developmenten_US
dc.subject.otherSouth Africaen_US
dc.subject.otherUnemploymenten_US
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dc.subject.otherJ68en_US
dc.subject.otherO12en_US
dc.titleWhy has unemployment risen in the New South Africa? 1en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusinessen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationum† University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. E-mail: jamesl@umich.edu .en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother* Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother† Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother§ University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1468-0351.2008.00340.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceEconomics of Transitionen_US
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