Wage Inequality in Africa
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Beschreibung
This Palgrave Pivot features original research studies of wage inequality in African countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. The contributors examine gender and racial wage differentials, as well as the effects of urbanization and globalization on inequality in wages and earnings. They also examine the extent to which human capital factors such as education and experience contribute to the significant wage differentials that exist in African countries.
This Palgrave Pivot features original research studies of wage inequality in African countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. The contributors examine gender and racial wage differentials, as well as the effects of urbanization and globalization on inequality in wages and earnings. They also examine the extent to which human capital factors such as education and experience contribute to the significant wage differentials that exist in African countries.
Features original empirical studies using large national data sets Integrates the economics of labor, education, gender, and urbanization Concisely explores issues in five African countries
Autor*in
Shirley Johnson-Lans
Themen in »Wage Inequality in Africa«
income inequality labor studies economic development ethnicity racial wage gap gender wage gap returns to education sub-Saharan Africa post-Apartheid South Africa urbanisation globalisation