Earnings and employment dynamics for Africans in post-apartheid South Africa: A panel study of KwaZulu-Natal

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-190

  Cichello, Paul L ^a   Fields, Gary S ^b   Leibbrandt, Murray ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; PANEL DATA; POST-APARTHEID; WAGE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844467812     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/eji001     Document Type: Article

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