tailieunhanh - Earnings inequality in South Africa 1995–2003

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’s transition to democracy. | Earnings inequality in South Africa 1995-2003 Ingrid Woolard and Chris Woolard Free download from HSRC PRESS Free download from Employment Growth and Development Initiative Occasional Paper 1 Series Editor Miriam Altman Executive Director Employment Growth and Development Initiative of the Human Sciences Research Council Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa 2006 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 978-0-7969-2173-4 Cover by Jenny Young Production by Compress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Marketing and Distribution PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 7966 South Africa Tel 27 21-701-4477 Fax 27 21-701-7302 email booksales@ Distributed worldwide except Africa by Independent Publishers Group 814 North Franklin Street Chicago IL 60610 USA To order call toll-free 1-800-888-4741 All other enquiries Tel 1 312-337-0747 Fax 1 312-337-5985 email Frontdesk@ Preface Free download from The Human Sciences Research Council HSRC has established an occasional paper series. The occasional papers are designed to be quick convenient vehicles for making timely contributions to debates or for disseminating interim research findings or they may be finished publication-ready works. Authors invite comments and suggestions from .