Case Study: A gender-focused macro-micro analysis of the poverty impacts of trade liberalization in South Africa

Margaret Chitiga (), John Cockburn, Bernard Decaluwe (), Ismaël Fofana () and Ramos Mabugu
Additional contact information
Margaret Chitiga: University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0081, South Africa
Ismaël Fofana: Université Laval, Pavillon J-A DeSève, Quebec, Canada, G1V 0A6
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Margaret Mabugu

International Journal of Microsimulation, 2010, vol. 3, issue 1, 104-108

Abstract: This case study examines the impacts on poverty and equality of the extended trade liberalisation strategy that South Africa has been following since 1994. The paper features an integrated CGE microsimulation model with explicit incorporation of non-market activities and gender decomposition. This makes it possible to assess the effects of trade liberalization on between and within-group poverty, as well as on gender-disaggregated household production and leisure. The findings reveal that trade liberalization is strongly gender biased against women.

Keywords: household production; leisure; South Africa; trade liberalisation; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (15)

Downloads: (external link)
http://ima.natsem.canberra.edu.au/IJM/V3_1/IJM_31.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ijm:journl:v:3:y:2010:i:1:p:104-108

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Microsimulation is currently edited by Matteo Richiardi

More articles in International Journal of Microsimulation from International Microsimulation Association
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jinjing Li ().