Underemployment in South Africa
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- Rochelle Beukes & Tina Fransman & Simba Murozvi & Derek Yu, 2017. "Underemployment in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(1), pages 33-55, January.
- Derek Yu & Rochelle Beukes & Simba Murozvi & Tina Fransman, 2016. "Underemployment in South Africa," Working Papers 575, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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underemployment; underemployed; South Africa;All these keywords.
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