Education lies at the foundation of many issues in South Africa today. It is impossible to
analyze issues such as racial differences in income, trends in unemployment, or …

Abstract Analysts agree that South Africa's unemployment is structural in the sense that the
unemployed generally possess lower skills than what is required by the economy. In the …

ABSTRACT [T] here is not one distribution of income but many: income is distributed across
racial groups, income classes, present and future generations, and so on. Moreover, a given …

Addressing the challenges of poverty and inequality in South Africa, this book uses new
techniques to measure and analyze the nature and function of vulnerability in the labor …

Not only does the South African labour market exhibit a high unemployment rate for the
young, according to international standards, but it also shows evidence of large inequalities …

This paper empirically assesses the impact of post-1994 policy making on racial
discrimination in the South African labour market. The post-apartheid government has …

This paper looks to uncover the growth traps and opportunities for the South African
economy, with a focus on underlying labour market dynamics. We explore the potential of …

This paper demonstrates that poverty and inequality trends can diverge. It then discusses
inequality trends and shows that, despite measurement issues, there is consensus that …

One of the most pressing socio-economic problems of the South African economy is high
youth unemployment. Recent studies only briefly examined how youths have fared since the …

Not surprisingly, the education system is widely perceived to be the major tool to overcome
human capital and labour market inequalities in South Africa. This paper asks how well the …