Employment growth QES vs QLFS

Today’s post by Jan-Hendrik Pretorius compares growth in industry employment using EconData’s QES and QLFS module. As we have shown in previous posts (here, here and here), the average growth picture in South Africa depends a lot on which data sources one considers, with the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) suggesting faster average wage growth.

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