Globalisation and the South African Labour Market

N Nattrass

Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 1998, vol. 22, issue 3, 71-90

Abstract: The impact of international trade on employment in high- and medium-income economies is mediated by labour market institutions: downward pressure on unskilled wages as a result of trade with low-income countries results in unskilled unemployment in highly regulated labour markets; and in a widening of the wage distribution in less regulated labour markets. This paper argues trade liberalisation in South Africa will result in continued job losses in ultra-labour intensive sectors if labour market regulation remains unchanged.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1080/03796205.1998.12129131

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