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Revisiting unemployment levels and trends in South Africa since the transition

Derek YuDepartment of Economics, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville7535, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
(Lecturer)
Pages 701-723 | Published online: 09 Sep 2013

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Table 1: Key indicators used to distinguish the unemployed in each methodology

Figure 1: Number of unemployed before and after the cross-entropy approach was applied, 1994–2011

Figure 1: Number of unemployed before and after the cross-entropy approach was applied, 1994–2011

Figure 2: Number of narrow unemployed before and after applying the LFS 2000b–07b methodology

Figure 2: Number of narrow unemployed before and after applying the LFS 2000b–07b methodology

Figure 3: Number of broad unemployed before and after applying the LFS 2000b–07b methodology

Figure 3: Number of broad unemployed before and after applying the LFS 2000b–07b methodology

Figure 4: Number of discouraged workseekers in the LFSs and QLFSs before and after applying the revised QLFS methodology

Figure 4: Number of discouraged workseekers in the LFSs and QLFSs before and after applying the revised QLFS methodology

Table A.1: Stata do-file on the derivation of labour market status in OHS 1994–99 and LFS 2000a using the LFS 2000b–07b methodology

Table A.2: Stata do-file on the derivation of labour market status in the LFSs and QLFSs using the revised QLFS methodology

Table A.3: Number of unemployed (1 000s) in OHS 1994–LFS 2000a, before and after applying the LFS 2000b–07b methodology

Table A.4: Number of unemployed (1 000s) in LFS 2000b–07b, before and after making one change in the methodology

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