Wage Inequality in Africa

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Johnson-Lans, Shirley (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Global Perspectives on Wealth and Distribution
• Subjects: Labor economics.; Development economics.; Economics.; African Economics.; Labor Economics.; Development Economics.

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 ear...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Foreign Direct Investment and Racial Wage Inequality: Evidence from South Africa
• 3. The Urban Wage Premium in Africa
• 4. Gender-Based Wage Differentials and Employment in Post-Apartheid South Africa, 1995-2004.