Offshoring within South African manufacturing firms : an analysis of the labour market effects

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dc.contributor.author Pretorius, Anmar
dc.contributor.author Bezuidenhout, Carli
dc.contributor.author Matthee, Marianne
dc.contributor.author Blaauw, Derick
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-13T09:06:56Z
dc.date.issued 2022-06
dc.description.abstract South Africa's manufacturing sector experiences declining growth and labour demand, and increased imports of intermediate goods. The paper investigates the influence of offshoring on employment and wages for capital- and labour-intensive industries and skilled and unskilled workers, using firm- and employer–employee-level data. Unlike findings in developed countries, offshoring generally lowers employment in manufacturing firms and increases and decreases the percentage of unskilled workers and lower skilled workers, respectively. Increased narrow offshoring seemingly grows the cohort of unskilled workers, particularly in ultra-labour-intensive industries. As offshoring gains momentum, worker-level earnings increase in capital- and labour-intensive industries but decrease in ultra-labour-intensive industries. en_US
dc.description.department Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) en_US
dc.description.embargo 2023-03-23
dc.description.librarian hj2022 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The National Research Foundation of South Africa and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research. en_US
dc.description.uri http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/saje en_US
dc.identifier.citation Pretorius, A., Bezuidenhout, C., Matthee, M. & Blaauw, D. (2022) Offshoring within South African manufacturing firms: An analysis of the labour market effects. South African Journal of Economics, 90(2), 123–148. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/saje.12315. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0038-2280 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1813-6982 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1111/saje.12315
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85803
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Wiley en_US
dc.rights © 2021 Economic Society of South Africa. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Offshoring within South African manufacturing firms: An analysis of the labour market effects. South African Journal of Economics, 90(2), 123–148, 2021, doi: 10.1111/saje.12315. The definite version is available at : http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/saje. en_US
dc.subject Employer–employee data en_US
dc.subject Employment en_US
dc.subject Firm-level data en_US
dc.subject Offshoring en_US
dc.subject Skills en_US
dc.subject Wages en_US
dc.title Offshoring within South African manufacturing firms : an analysis of the labour market effects en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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