Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146228 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2016/37
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
In this paper, worker and job flows are estimated using the IRP5 data from the South African Revenue Services. The data used in this paper is from the 2011-14 tax years and contains information on more than 12 million individuals and nearly 300,000 firms. The main finding of the paper is that worker flows are substantial, more than 50 per cent per year. Job flows are higher than previous estimates. The findings suggest that rigidity in the labour market does not come from rigidities in employment adjustment.
Subjects: 
churning
job and worker flows
labour regulation
JEL: 
J21
J23
J63
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ISBN: 
978-92-9256-080-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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