Browsing WORKING PAPERS by Subject "Labour"

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The economy-wide impacts of the labour intensification of infrastructure expenditure in South Africa

McCord, Anna; Van Seventer, Dirk (CSSR and SALDRU, 2004-12)

This paper examines the performance of public works in addressing both micro and macroeconomic policy objectives relating to growth, employment and poverty reduction in South Africa. The microeconomic analysis suggests ...
Estimates of labour demand elasticities and elasticities of substitution using firm-level manufacturing data

Behar, Alberto (CSSR and SALDRU, 2004-12)

Using firm-level manufacturing data supplemented with wages from household survey data, this paper estimates translog cost functions to calculate labour demand elasticities and Allen Elasticities of Substitution between ...

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