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South African Unemployment in the Post-Financial Crisis Era: What are the Determinants?

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
Volume 20 (2020): Issue 2 (December 2020)
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|Jan 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0046 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0198 | Journal ISSN: 1730-4237
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Language: English
Page range: 230 - 248
Submitted on: Sep 12, 2019
Accepted on: Oct 3, 2020
Published on: Jan 29, 2021
Published by: University of Szczecin
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
unemployment,
ARDL,
financial crisis,
South Africa
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other

© 2021 Lutho Mbekeni, Andrew Phiri, published by University of Szczecin
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