Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by Subject "Wage premium"

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Employment and wage premiums in South African manufacturing exporters : firm-level evidence

Bezuidenhout, Carli; Matthee, Marianne; Rankin, Neil (Routledge, 2019)

South Africa is currently suffering from high unemployment. As export activity is generally associated with higher economic growth, productivity, employment levels and wages, this papers investigates if increasing export ...
Exporting and the wage premium : the case of South African manufacturing firms

Bezuidenhout, Carli; Matthee, Marianne; Rankin, Neil (Wiley, 2021-11)

There is much literature to support the view that exporters (both developed and developing countries) pay higher wages than nonexporters. While this so-called export wage premium has also been found to be prevalent in South ...
Inclusive growth and wage inequality : the case of South African manufacturing exporters

Bezuidenhout, Carli; Matthee, Marianne; Rankin, Neil (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-07)

BACKGROUND : Exporting poses a challenge to the achievement of inclusive growth because there is a discernible wage inequality between exporting and non-exporting firms. The literature shows that exporting firms pay a ...

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