The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Gendered Occupational Segregation in South Africa

Stephan Klasen and Anna Minasyan

No 236, Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers from Courant Research Centre PEG

Abstract: This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We estimate effects of the Employment Equity Act of 1998, the Black Economic Empowerment Act in 2003 and the Codes of Good Conduct in 2007 on (Black) female employment in top occupations using individual level, repeated cross-section data of 21 years. The findings based on difference-in-difference-in-difference identification strategy show that the probability of Black female employment in top occupations increased after 2003, however it decreased after 2007. Overall, the effects are quite small. We offer several explanations for these effects.

Keywords: Affirmative action; occupational segregation; gender; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J16 J18 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-08-15
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