01932cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011783 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475502824 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Klein, Nir. Real Wage, Labor Productivity, and Employment Trends in South Africa : A Closer Look / Nir Klein. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012. 1 online resource (28 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The paper looks at the dynamics of employment in South Africa and examines the factors that contributed to the job-shedding observed during the recent financial crisis. The paper finds that the rapid growth of the real wage, which outpaced the labor productivity growth in most sectors, played an important role in suppressing employment creation. The paper also finds that while there is a co-integrating link between the real wage and labor productivity, the deviations from equilibrium are persistent and thus contribute to a weak link between real wage growth and labor productivity growth in the short term. This finding is also supported by a cross-country analysis, which shows that in South Africa the link between the real wage and labor productivity is substantially weaker than in other emerging markets, even after controlling for labor market tightness indicators. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/092 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2012/092/001.2012.issue-092-en.xml IMF e-Library