part consists of three essays that examine the economic rationale of apartheid in South Africa, how a more or less constant … wage level for blacks was created, who gains and who loses from the apartheid system. The third part deals with economic … particular emphasis on the case of South Africa. The fourth and final part deals with why apartheid is breaking down, how the …

and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self …