This paper reviews government employment and compensation trends using data derived
from the government's payroll. Employment levels and average pay grew strongly in the …

This paper evaluates structural change, inequality dynamics, and industrial policy in South
Africa between 1960 and the present day. We find that South Africa experienced growth …

The rapid transformation of many of the East Asian economies, including China, has been
driven by a process of secondary industry growth, within which the core lever has been the …

Understanding socioeconomic status (SES) and social capital as predictors of life outcomes
has remained central to humanitarian, health and social research. This current study …

This paper provides an analytical profile of the South African labour market, along with a
descriptive overview of the nature and extent of digital platform labour in the country. The …

This study analyses the performance of macroeconomic policy in South Africa in 2007–2020
and outlines challenges for policy in the coming decade. After remarkable economic growth …

Summary Contemporary South Africa exhibits widespread and persistent poverty and an
extraordinarily high level of inequality. Historically, poverty and inequality were forged by …

In the two centuries since the Industrial Revolution technological progress has had a major
impact on the types of work humans perform. The invention of increasingly advanced …

There has been a wave of significant changes in labour markets worldwide, which has seen
the pace of secure and stable employment decline significantly. South Africa has not been …

This paper examines the wage structure and size of the public sector over the post-apartheid
period. It does so both descriptively, examining the mean and median earnings in the public …