The empirical trade literature examining the effect of tariff reductions on productivity commonly proxies the former with Nominal Tariff Rates (NTR) and estimates the latter as the production function residual. In the context of the South African trade reform experience, we examine the different...

The effect of nominal tariff cuts on industry wage differentials has been the subject of a number of recent empirical studies. In this paper we investigate the latter relationship with respect to the South African trade reform experience using micro-level labour data for the period from 1995 to...

The effect of nominal tariff cuts on industry wage differentials has been the subject of a number of recent empirical studies. In this paper, we investigate the latter relationship with respect to the South African trade reform experience using micro-level labour data for the period from 1995 to...