Affirmative action policies and the evolution of post-apartheid South Africa’s racial wage gap

Burger, Rulof; Jafta, Rachel; Fintel, Dieter von

doi:10.35188/unu-wider/2016/109-3

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“…Leadership crises can be traced back to the early days of democracy, following the implementation of government policies to improve living conditions in poor households (Franks 2014:7). One of the tasks of the democratic government was to transform the public service by removing all discriminatory practices and policies in the employment line through implementation of the 1997 Employment Equity Bill (Burger & Jafta 2010:4). The purpose of the public affirmative action policies was to improve the aptitudes of the historically underprivileged (Burger & Jafta 2010:4).…”

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“…One of the tasks of the democratic government was to transform the public service by removing all discriminatory practices and policies in the employment line through implementation of the 1997 Employment Equity Bill (Burger & Jafta 2010:4). The purpose of the public affirmative action policies was to improve the aptitudes of the historically underprivileged (Burger & Jafta 2010:4). Affirmative action policy resulted in loss of institutional memory, and many problems in the healthcare system are associated with the placement of inexperienced managers in senior positions (Coovadia et al 2009:830; Adejumo & Archibong 2013:2).…”

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Challenges of quality improvement in the healthcare of South Africa post-apartheid: A critical review

2019

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Background There is overwhelming evidence that the quality of health care in South Africa has been compromised by various challenges that impact negatively on healthcare quality. Improvement in quality care means fewer errors, reduced delays in care delivery, improvement in efficiency, increased market share and lower cost. Decline in quality health care has caused the public to lose trust in the healthcare system in South Africa. Objectives The purpose of this study was to identify challenges that are being incurred in practice that compromise quality in the healthcare sector, including strategies employed by government to improve the quality of health delivery. Method Literature search included the following computer-assisted databases and bibliographies: Medline (Medical Literature Online), EBSCOhost, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Google, Google Scholar and ScienceDirect. Furthermore, websites were used to source policy documents of organisations such as the National Department of Health in South Africa and the World Health Organization. Results Seventy-four articles were selected from 1366 retrieved. These articles quantify problems facing quality care delivery and strategies used to improve the healthcare system in South Africa. Conclusion The findings revealed that there were many quality improvement programmes that had been initiated, adapted, modified and then tested but did not produce the required level of quality service delivery as desired. As a result, the Government of South Africa has a challenge to ensure that implementation of National Core Standards will deliver the desired health outcomes, because achieving a lasting quality improvement system in health care seems to be an arduous challenge.

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Challenges of quality improvement in the healthcare of South Africa post-apartheid: A critical review

2019

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“…In light of labour market discrimination against black Africans (Burger et al ), white incomes represent one of two concepts. First, it could be the aspirational income benchmark – in the absence of discrimination – of black Africans in economic centres.…”

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Migration and gender in South Africa: Following bright lights and the fortunes of others?

Fintel

Moses

2017

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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Internal migration in South Africa has a strong gender dimension. Historically, the apartheid-era migrant labour system meant that predominantly black African men moved to urban areas without their families. After the abolition of influx controls in 1986, many women relocated, presumably to join their male partners. The period of migration feminization was also coupled with labour market feminization. However, existing research shows that increased female labour supply was poorly matched by labour market absorption, leading to rising unemployment among black African women. This paper studies incentives for female migration in this context, by building a gravity model of male and female inter-municipal migration. We find that neither men nor women move primarily for family reasons. Instead, they follow the traditional male migrant route to well-lit economic centres. Women also do not migrate primarily for increases in their own labour market opportunities, but tend to flock to regions where other fortunate groups have higher earnings potential. While this might signal that migrants base relocation decisions on incorrect information (and could in turn explain why many migrants have unfulfilled expectations), our results also show that women not only move for work, but for public services. The implications are twofold if migration is to alleviate poverty in the long run: first, in the short run, management of public resources must improve, as poor (women) place large emphasis on their effect; and second, labour market barriersespecially into the informal sectorshould be better understood.JEL classification: C21, R23, R2, J16

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“…In this sense, the South African AAP looks quite similar to the Canadian one. However, Burger and Jafta () show that the effect of affirmative action policies in reducing the employment gap has been marginal at best.…”

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Does South African Affirmative Action Policy Reduce Poverty? A CGE Analysis

Maisonnave

Decaluwé

Chitiga

2016

Poverty & Public Policy

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Abstract:This paper presents a computable general equilibrium model (CGEM) able to measure the impacts of the affirmative action policy set up in South Africa. In order to decrease inequalities inherited from the former regime, the government encourages firms to employ Historically Disadvantaged Persons (HDP). Through this study, we evaluate the impact of this policy on employment, poverty and inequality. To evaluate impacts on poverty and inequality, we use a CGE Top Down approach. The paper analyses two scenarios; the first one deals with the impact of affirmative action on skilled jobs. The second scenario adds to the previous by including semi skilled workers in the simulation. Both of these scenarios show a deep decrease in unemployment as well as a fall of poverty for each population groups.

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Affirmative action policies and the evolution of post-apartheid South Africa’s racial wage gap

Abstract: This study has been prepared within the UNU-WIDER project on 'Discrimination and Affirmative Action: What have we learnt so far?', which is part of a larger research project on 'Disadvantaged Groups and Social Mobility'.

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Challenges of quality improvement in the healthcare of South Africa post-apartheid: A critical review

Challenges of quality improvement in the healthcare of South Africa post-apartheid: A critical review

Migration and gender in South Africa: Following bright lights and the fortunes of others?

Does South African Affirmative Action Policy Reduce Poverty? A CGE Analysis

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