Restructuring the Labour Market: The South African Challenge

Guy Standing, John Sender, John M. Weeks

1996-01-01book190 citationsclosed

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Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Unemployment and Economic Growth

Abstract

This review by international contributors examines the labour market problems facing South Africa and the range of policy options for tackling these in the context of increasing globalization and greater labour market flexibility. It concentrates on how apartheid's legacy of low growth, severe poverty, extreme inequality and a fragmented labour market can be tackled, through intitiatives in such areas as labour market and employment policies, industrial relations, wage fixing, trade liberalization and industrial strategy. The book relates directly to the Labour Market Policy Commission's mandate to recommend specific measures and a framework for labour market policies to take the country into the 21st century.

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