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Original Articles

Rates of return to education of blacks in South Africa

Pages 823-837 | Received 01 Jul 1993, Accepted 01 Feb 1995, Published online: 27 Feb 2008

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  • Department of Biomathematics and Statistics, University of the North West, Mmabatho. I am indebted to Mr AR Donaldson and Professor A Roux for reviewing my work from time to time and making constructive criticisms and suggestions at different points of its development. Also special thanks go to the University of the North West for financing the research.

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