Making Racial Wage Relations Fair in South Africa: A Focus on the Role of Trade Unions
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2001-04
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University of Cape Town
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Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 01/048
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The aim of this working paper is to highlight the influence of South African trade unions on African and White earnings as well as their role in the reduction of wage inequalities and discrimination between these two groups. The econometric analysis utilises a 1997 microeconomic data set. Findings show firstly that the union wage premium for African male workers lies between 13 percent and 20 percent, depending on the methods used.
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Rospabe, S. 2001-04. Making Racial Wage Relations Fair in South Africa: A Focus on the Role of Trade Unions. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 01/048. University of Cape Town.