Journal of the International AIDS Society

Table 5 Labour market results, 2002-2025

From: HIV/AIDS, growth and poverty in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa: an integrated survey, demographic and economy-wide analysis

	KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)			Other South Africa (Other SA)
	Initial, 2002	Annual growth (%)		Initial, 2002	Annual growth (%)
		AIDS	No AIDS		AIDS	No AIDS
Employment (1000s)	1,902	0.63	1.75	7,988	0.81	1.64
African	1,436	0.90	2.24	5,677	1.05	2.11
Skilled	184	0.87	1.73	679	1.01	1.67
Semi-skilled	718	0.99	2.23	2,844	1.06	2.04
Low skilled	534	0.78	2.43	2,154	1.05	2.33
Other	466	-0.31	-0.24	2,311	0.15	0.24
Labour productivity	-	1.80	1.92	-	1.80	1.88
African	-	1.80	2.02	-	1.80	1.95
Skilled	-	1.80	1.93	-	1.80	1.89
Semi-skilled	-	1.80	2.02	-	1.80	1.96
Low skilled	-	1.80	2.10	-	1.80	2.00
Other	-	1.80	1.82	-	1.80	1.82
Wages (Rands)	75,511	3.09	4.05	96,054	2.94	3.93
African	59,219	2.48	2.88	91,944	2.67	3.33
Skilled	64,824	2.53	3.24	120,083	2.76	3.63
Semi-skilled	33,516	2.30	2.69	41,826	2.33	2.89
Low skilled	20,098	2.63	1.86	21,979	2.74	2.33
Other	91,803	3.44	4.68	100,163	3.19	4.41

Source: Provincial DCGE model results.

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