Post-Apartheid Trends in Gender Discrimination in South Africa: Analysis through Decomposition Techniques
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Keywords
Discrimination; Gender; South Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2008-06-13 (Africa)
- NEP-LAB-2008-06-13 (Labour Economics)
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