21-February-2013
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In this paper we document the impact of education levels on labour market outcomes from 1994 to 2010 using national household survey data.
21-February-2013
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In this paper we include measures of school quality in regressions determining the labour market premiums to education level.
9-November-2010
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This note presents main issues on the role of growth and employment/unemployment developments in explaining recent income inequality trends in Brazil, China, India and South Africa, and discusses the roles played by labour market and social policies in shaping and addressing these inequalities.
25-October-2010
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Greater integration into the world economy and important policy reforms have resulted in Brazil, China, India and South Africa becoming major actors in the globalisation process, with impressive results in terms of economic growth, social development and poverty reduction. But the benefits of stronger growth have not always been shared equally and income inequality has remained at very high levels.
19-March-2010
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This paper uses the OECD’s Going for Growth framework, as well as other available evidence linking policies to economic performance, to identify key structural policy challenges in the BIICS for the years ahead.
27-January-2009
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Unemployment in South Africa is extremely high and unevenly distributed, being concentrated among young less skilled blacks.