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Title: | Some non-economic determinants of the economic status of Asians in Africa |
Author: | Müller, A.L. |
Year: | 1965 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of Economics |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 72-79 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | Indians social stratification |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.1965.tb01904.x |
Abstract: | Asian here refers to those persons whose ancestors were resident in the sub-continent of India. The Asians constitute the most important non-European immigrant community in Africa, numbering approximately 900,000. The economic position of the Asians is greatly influenced by a number of non-economic factors. Social, cultural and religious customs and beliefs within the community, as well as the friction arising the relation between the community and other racial groups, have a direct bearing on the size and composition of the labour force and also on the quality of the productive services rendered by the economically active Asians. Two non-economic determinants of the Asians' economic status are here singled out for closer inspection, namely, the religious beliefs of Asians and the phenomenon of discrimination against them. Notes. |