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UNEMPLOYMENT AND RESERVATION WAGES IN WORKING‐CLASS CAPE TOWN
Author(s) -
NATTRASS NICOLI,
WALKER RICHARD
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
south african journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1813-6982
pISSN - 0038-2280
DOI - 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2005.00034.x
Subject(s) - reservation , unemployment , labour economics , economics , working class , cape , seekers , economic growth , geography , political science , archaeology , politics , law
Are the unemployed in South Africa ‘pricing themselves out of the labour market;’? This paper explores this proposition through an analysis of reservation wages in Cape Town's working class district of Khayelitsha/Mitchell's Plain. It argues that reservation wages are not out of line with predicted wages. This, in turn, suggests that unemployment in the area is not attributable to job seekers having unrealistically high reservation wages.