Earnings inequality in South Africa, 1995-2003 Ingrid Woolard and Chris Woolard.

By: Woolard, Ingrid D Contributor(s): Chris Woolard, Jenny Young, Compress Material type: Text

TextSeries: Occasional paper ; 1 Occasional paper (Human Sciences Research Council. Employment, Growth and Development Initiative) ; 1 ; 9780796 921734Publication details: Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press, 2006. Description: vi, 31 pages colour illustrations: 30 cmISBN: 9780796 921734Subject(s): South Africa | | DDC classification: 331.2153 WOOL Summary: Summary: It is generally accepted that the gap between the earnings of unskilled and semi-skilled workers on the one hand, and skilled and highly skilled workers, on the other, narrowed in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. This paper investigates whether the gap between the real earnings of highly skilled and low-skilled workers in the formal sector of the South African economy continued to narrow after this country{u2019} s transition to democracy.

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Summary: It is generally accepted that the gap between the earnings of unskilled and semi-skilled workers on the one hand, and skilled and highly skilled workers, on the other, narrowed in South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s. This paper investigates whether the gap between the real earnings of highly skilled and low-skilled workers in the formal sector of the South African economy continued to narrow after this country{u2019} s transition to democracy.