Education and inequality: The South African case

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dc.creatorBranson, Nicola
dc.creatorGarlick, Julia
dc.creatorLam, David
dc.creatorLeibbrandt, Murray
dc.date2013-02-28T13:39:53Z
dc.date2013-02-28T13:39:53Z
dc.date2012
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:05:11Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:05:11Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionFollowing the international literature, income inequality decompositions on data from contemporary South Africa show that the labour market is the key driver of overall household inequality. In order to understand one of the channels driving this labour market inequality, we use national household survey data to review changing returns to education in the South African labour market over the last 15 years; with a focus on both the returns to getting employment as well as the earnings returns for those that have employment. We show that South Africa has experienced a skills twist with the returns to matric and post-secondary education rising and the returns to levels of education below this remaining constant. Then, based on a regression based decomposition of earnings inequality, we show how this has impacted earnings inequality. Indeed, the increase in returns to post-secondary education has directly counteracted the equalising gains that have been made by increased educational attainment, resulting in consistent levels of inequality over time. Length: 29 pages
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/168
dc.identifier.ris TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Education KW - Inequality KW - Returns to education KW - Labour market KW - Employment KW - Matric KW - Post-secondary education LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Education and inequality: The South African case TI - Education and inequality: The South African case UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/168 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/168
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectInequality
dc.subjectReturns to education
dc.subjectLabour market
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectMatric
dc.subjectPost-secondary education
dc.titleEducation and inequality: The South African case
dc.typeReport
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceSALDRU Reporten_ZA
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