Labour Unions and Wage Inequality Among African Men in South Africa

Miracle Ntuli () and Prudence Kwenda ()
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Prudence Kwenda: University of the Witwatersrand

Working Papers from University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit

Abstract: One Achilles’ heel of post-Apartheid South Africa is the growing intra-racial income inequality, particularly among Africans. This paper examines the role of labour unions in explaining this phenomenon among African men given that labour markets are at the core of income inequality in South Africa.

Keywords: Income Inequality; Wage Distribution, Labour Unions, Inequality Decomposition, South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 J31 J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2013-12
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Published in Working Paper Series by the Development Policy Research Unit, December 2013, pages 1-26

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