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Title: | Who bears the brunt of inflation? |
Author: | Katz, Alexander |
Year: | 1976 |
Periodical: | Rhodesian Journal of Economics |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 139-142 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | wages population |
Abstract: | The most recently (1975) available Rhodesia government statistics show that the average non-African salary has not only kept abreast of the cost of living, but that the increase in average salary has exceeded the cost of living increase in every year since 1964, and that if anything the rate of overtake is accelerating. In the non-African sector, earnings in the Public Administration have increased substantiall more than any other African earnings in public administration and the related sectors of health and education also rose substantially more than all other sectors. However, despite the movement of Africans into higher paying positions, the African has not gained proportionately. In the two largest categories of African employment, agriculture and domestic, earnings have increased but slightly more than the African consumer price index. By contrast, gross European agricultural output increased by 154% African agricultural and domestic workers bear the major brunt of inflation. Despite die movement of Africans into more advanced positions, the gap between non-African and African earnings continues to grow, and is since 1970 accelerating sharply. Tables. |