administrative tax microdata to describe earnings inequality in South Africa. I estimate Gini coefficients, the variance of log … earnings, and various percentile ratios to document changes in earnings inequality. I show that earnings inequality estimates …-firm differences to overall earnings inequality. …

administrative tax microdata to describe earnings inequality in South Africa. I estimate Gini coefficients, the variance of log … earnings, and various percentile ratios to document changes in earnings inequality. I show that earnings inequality estimates …-firm differences to overall earnings inequality. …

sector wage setting and trade unions, in determining earnings differences across different types of employment. To do this we … use the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study data from South Africa, which show extremely large average earnings … the earnings differentials within the private sector, including the union premium, but cannot explain the large premiums …

Traditionally, analysts of the South African labour market have used household survey data to describe earnings and … them. In this paper we thus provide a summary of the main sources of data on earnings and employment and their strengths …