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dc.contributor.authorRattsø, Jørnen
dc.contributor.authorStokke, Hildegunnen
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-13T15:01:54Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-13T15:01:54Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/39942-
dc.description.abstractInternational trade may influence income distribution. This study takes as a starting point the puzzling development of relative wages between skilled and unskilled labor in South Africa. Wage inequality decreased during the sanctions period and increased with trade liberalization post Apartheid, contrary to the standard trade theory prediction for an economy with comparative advantage in unskilled labor. We calibrate a Ramsey growth model for South Africa to clarify and quantify the distributive effects of trade barriers, and offer an understanding of the South African experience based on the interaction between openness and skill biased technical change. The dependence on foreign technology increases with openness and gives higher degree of skill bias, which may explain the observed relative wage path. Our model calibration is an alternative to econometric studies separating between trade and technology effects. A counterfactual analysis shows that without sanctions and protectionism during the 1980s the skilled-unskilled wage gap is about 13% larger on average. The quantitative results imply that an increase in trade as share of GDP of 10% points generates an increase in the wage gap of 6.6%. The analysis reveals a tradeoff between growth and distribution.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer |cGöttingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aProceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Frankfurt a.M. 2009 |x34en
dc.subject.jelF16en
dc.subject.jelO33en
dc.subject.jelO41en
dc.subject.jelO55en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordWage gapen
dc.subject.keywordproductivity growthen
dc.subject.keywordskill biasen
dc.subject.keywordSouth Africaen
dc.titleWage inequality, comparative advantage and skill biased technical change in South Africa-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn654196443en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:gdec09:34en

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