Pretorius, AnmarBezuidenhout, CarliMatthee, MarianneBlaauw, Derick2022-06-132022-06Pretorius, 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.12315.0038-2280 (print)1813-6982 (online)10.1111/saje.12315https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85803South 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© 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.Employer–employee dataEmploymentFirm-level dataOffshoringSkillsWagesPostprint Article