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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
