Wage polarization in a high-inequality emerging economy: The case of South Africa

Autor:	Amy Thornton, Kezia Lilenstein, Morne Oosthuizen, Haroon Bhorat
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Labour economics Inequality Earnings 050204 development studies media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Polarization (politics) Wage Earnings growth Technical change 0502 economics and business Economics 050207 economics Minimum wage Emerging markets media_common
Zdroj:	WIDER Working Paper ISBN: 9789292568122 WIDER Working Paper
DOI:	10.35188/unu-wider/2020/812-2
Popis:	Earnings growth in South Africa displayed a U-shaped pattern across the earnings percentiles between 2000 and 2015, resembling wage polarization in the industrialized world. We investigate whether the drivers of this example of wage polarization in an emerging economy resemble those explored for industrialized ones. These are: skills-biased technical change; changing sectoral composition; the role of labour market institutions; and how occupational task content interacts with technology.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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