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The gender-wage gap in South Africa (blog 2 of 2)

In a previous blog, we discussed unconditional wage gaps in South Africa. As a refresher, an unconditional wage gap is simply the difference in average or median wages between demographic groups (say, for example, the gap between females and males), not controlling for factors that influence wages, like experience or education. As a reminder, unconditional estimates suggest that men earned approximately 36% more than females according to the 2019 Labour Market Dynamics Survey (LMDS).

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March 17, 2022

Did inequality contribute to the recent political unrest in KZN?

Several factors were behind the recent violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal. This blog investigates whether inequality, after accounting for other factors, was a likely contributor to the unrest. Overall, we find a positive relationship between inequality and the prevalence of unrest at the municipal level.

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August 6, 2021

Demographic gaps in South Africa over time

Gender and racial inequality permeate the South African social landscape, even 25+ years after our democratization. This bias towards females and people of colour has inextricably created labour market tensions. Females and people of colour often earn substantially lower salaries for the same level of work. Even though affirmative action policies have been implemented across the country to some effect, not enough has been done to close the gap between earnings for people of colour and white individuals and separately for females and males. In this multi-part blog series, I look to discuss the gender and race salary differentials in the country, paying particular attention to the difference between conditional and unconditional wages.

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April 15, 2021

Profit-led or wage-led growth; How income distribution influences the macroeconomy

“Income distribution dynamics and the macroeconomy have a very intimate link. This link is evident in many key macroeconomic indicators, especially when looking at how national production changes with changes in income distribution. As such, this blog tries to unpack the relationship between output and income distribution (measured by the labourer’s share of national income), and discusses its relevance to South Africa.”

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March 1, 2019
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