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Labour demand and the distribution of wages in South African manufacturing exporters
Matthee, Marianne; Rankin, Neil; Bezuidenhout, Carli - 2017
groups (relative to non-exporters). Wage inequality within exporters is not driven by exporting but rather by characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011592490
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The determinants of regional manufactured exports from a developing country
Matthee, Marianne; Naudé, Wim - 2007
In this paper, the question of the location of exporters of manufactured goods within a country is investigated. Based on insights from new trade theory, the new economic geography (NEG) and gravity-equation modelling, an empirical model is specified with agglomeration and increasing returns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284528
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The geographical location of manufacturing exporters in South Africa
Naudé, Wim; Matthee, Marianne - 2007
This paper provides empirical evidence on the location of export-oriented manufacturing firms in Africa (South Africa), and on how the patterns of location has changed over the past decade after the country embarked on trade liberalization. It is found that (a) the proximity to a port is an...
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The South African manufacturing exporter story
Matthee, Marianne; Rankin, Neil; Naughtin, Tasha; … - 2016
Existing South African work on firm-level data has been limited by access to large datasets that track firms over time. This paper overcomes this by analysing a new dataset of the population of manufacturing firms that are matched to their export transactions. South African firm-level exporting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453069
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Offshoring within South African manufacturing firms : an analysis of the labour market effects
Pretorius, Anmar; Bezuidenhout, Carli; Matthee, Marianne; … - 2019
In South Africa, the manufacturing sector -- important for growth and employment creation -- has shown declining growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122667
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The optimal distance to port for exporting firms
Gries, Thomas (contributor); Naudé, Wim (contributor);  … - 2008
Success in international trade depends, amongst other things, on distance from markets. Most new economic geography models focus on the distance between countries. In contrast much less theorizing and empirical analysis have focused on how distances within a country for instance due to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725591
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Export diversity and regional growth : empirical evidence from South Africa
Matthee, Marianne (contributor); Naudé, Wim (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429941
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The determinants of regional manufactured exports from a developing country
Matthee, Marianne (contributor); Naudé, Wim (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429946
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The geographical location of manufacturing exporters in South Africa
Naudé, Wim (contributor); Matthee, Marianne (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429948
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Globalization and gender inequality : evidence from South Africa
Van Rensburg, Caro Janse; Bezuidenhout, Carli; Matthee, … - 2020
economic growth. Substantial gender wage gaps contribute significantly to overall wage inequality. We look at an often …Inequality has been rising in most countries for several decades, with negative consequences for social cohesion and …-overlooked driver of gender inequality: international trade. Trading firms constitute 70 per cent of employment in South African …
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