Graduate unemployment in South Africa: A much exaggerated problem
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Keywords
graduate unemployment; higher education; graduate employability;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-12-22 (Africa)
- NEP-LAB-2012-12-22 (Labour Economics)
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