Apartheid, Growth and Income Distribution in South Africa: Past History and Future Prospects
December 1, 1991
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Summary
Estimates of a supply-side model of the nonprimary sectors, in which particular attention has been paid to modeling key characteristics of the evolution of the apartheid system, are presented. These imply that the wage differential between white and nonwhite workers doing similar jobs fell significantly over the last two decades to around 14 percent in 1990. This relatively small gap implies that medium-term prospects for the advancement of the disadvantaged groups in South Africa depend heavily on their ability to take up skilled employment, with the direct gains from the elimination of apartheid being relatively small.
Subject: Employment, Income, Labor, Labor force, Labor markets, National accounts, Wages
Keywords: Africa, Employment, Income, income share, Labor force, nonwhite wage, nonwhite worker, wage, wage discrimination, wage rate, wage wedge, Wages, WP
Pages:
29
Volume:
1991
DOI:
Issue:
116
Series:
Working Paper No. 1991/116
Stock No:
WPIEA1161991
ISBN:
9781451853902
ISSN:
1018-5941
