South Africa's Segmented Labour Markets

Skill Formation and Occupational Mobility Under Apartheid, 1979-1993

Bibliographic Data

ID2375898
AuthorsAndre Kraak (University of the Western Cape, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume9
Issue4
Pages657-687
Publication date1995-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/095001709594003
OpenAlexW2049850581
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

This article examines the changing basis of South African labour market and skill formation in the late Apartheid `reform' era of 1979-1993. It does so by arguing for the adoption of a `macro-institutional' model which focuses on the impact of both `macro' and `micro' processes on labour market formation. This is best achieved by combining the contributions of the American `segmented labour market' school, the British `Cambridge labour market' school and the more recent labour market insights emanating from the debate on post-Fordism. The article concludes by examining the extent to which Apartheid's labour market policies may constrain social and economic reconstruction in the post-Apartheid era. Affirmative Action strategies and post-Fordist macro-economic policies are specifically examined. The analysis suggests that these post-Apartheid policies carry the great risk of increasing rather than diluting racially discriminatory labour market segmentation

Action (physics · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Fordism · Labour economics · Macro · Macro level · Market economy · Market segmentation · Occupational mobility · Education Systems and Policy · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture

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