Long‐run effects of trade liberalisation on local labour markets

Evidence from South Africa

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ID21543045
AuthorsPaulo Bastos (0000-0002-9618-3862, Development Research Group World Bank Washington District of Columbia USA, corresponding author), Nicolas Santos (London School of Economics London UK)
Year2022
Volume45
Issue10
Pages3059-3079
Publication date2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0378-5920 • E-ISSN: 1467-9701
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/twec.13281
OpenAlexW4225425353
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

This paper uses municipal‐level data from South Africa for the period 1996–2011 to estimate the medium to long‐run effects of trade liberalisation on local labour markets. It finds that local labour markets that were more exposed to tariff cuts tended to experience slower growth in employment and income per capita than less exposed regions. The longer‐term effects of trade liberalisation on regional earnings are stronger than the medium‐term effects and tend to be more pronounced among municipalities that included the former homelands

Earnings · Economics · Free trade · International economics · Labour economics · Liberalization · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Medium term · Monetary economics · Per capita income · Short run · Tariff · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Global trade and economics · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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