University of Natal Black/White Income Gap Project manufacturing surveys

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	author survey or fieldwork
Producer	Department of Economics, University of Natal
Coverage	1973-1977
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Did the apartheid economy fail? Growth, productivity, investment and the post-1970s crisis	2
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	2
Industrialisation, protection and industrial structure	1
Unemployment: causes, measurement and labour market institutions	1
Racial wage gaps, wage convergence and wage determination	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Nattrass (1977)	Nattrass and Duncan, A Study of Employers' Attitudes Towards African Worker Representation, Income Gap Research Report No. 1 (1975)	1975	Documents the sample and sampling procedure of the manufacturing survey.
Nattrass (1977)	Nattrass/Duncan/Morris 1973 survey of manufacturing firms (454 firms contacted, 282 responding)	June-July 1973	Provides businessmen's views on Black wage increases and employment, growth constraints, capital intensity and technology dependence.
Sources of Growth in the... (1990)	J Nattrass and R P C Brown, 'Capital Intensity in South African Manufacturing', Black/White Income Gap Project Interim Report no 4, 1977 (1973 manufacturing survey)	1973	Survey evidence that firms drew most technology from abroad.