South Africa: Wealth Gap, Employment Imbalance, and Education Inequality in South Africa

Abstract

This study uses changes in education and work between men and women to estimate the impact of gender inequality on the wealth gap in South Africa. Although the low enrollment rate of males in primary education continues to occur, social factors of gender inequality led to higher graduation rates and unemployment rates for females than for males, even though they have higher enrollment rates. These findings prove that gender inequality in society leads to job and income imbalances. for this paper, the innovation lies in the logical analysis of the three factors together, rather than the research on the influence of one element. Interestingly, even with the promotion of women's rights in South African society, gender bias has been affecting people's behaviour and subconsciousness at work, making people ignore that South African women have higher learning and skilled workability, which can improve the social economy more than men.