This paper evaluates structural change, inequality dynamics, and industrial policy in South Africa between 1960 and the … present day. We find that South Africa experienced growth-enhancing structural transformation until the early 1970s, before … entering a period of premature deindustrialization. Today, the services sector has become the primary driver of growth and …

Earnings growth in South Africa displayed a U-shaped pattern across the earnings percentiles between 2000 and 2015 … Occupational Information Network to explore the relevance of these four frameworks for explaining earnings inequality between 2000 … and 2015. Labour market institutions are crucial to the U-shape. Wage growth at the bottom end has mainly been shored up …