South Africa is the most economically unequal country in the world. Moreover, research
shows that inequality has only risen since advent of multi‐party democracy in 1994. In this …

South Africa's unemployment rate is one of the highest in the world, and it has important
distributional implications. The paper examines both entry into and duration of …

The aim of this paper was to explain why poverty and material deprivation in South Africa
are significantly higher among those of African descent than among whites. To do so, we …

This paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of
occupations after apartheid in South Africa. Empirical analysis, using census microdata and …

This paper utilizes a new data set to calculate both the private and social returns to
schooling in South Africa. More specifically, it examines whether the returns for African and …

Malaysia and South Africa implement the most extensive affirmative action programmes
worldwide. This book explores why and how to effect preferential treatment which has been …

We analyse the ethnic wage gap in Estonia, a former Soviet republic and current EU
member, which hosts a substantial Russian-speaking minority. The analysis covers a …

The issue of what determines subjective well-being has been at the centre of a recent flurry
of research in the economics field. A necessary part of this understanding is the role relative …

The labour market is central in determining individual and household well-being in South
Africa. Therefore, an understanding of earnings and employment dynamics is a key policy …

In the aftermath of the transition, and with the uneven progression of the liberal democratic
project in contemporary South Africa, the profile of Afrikaner capital elites in the key mining …