Trade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorEdwards, Lawrenceen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMashiane, Jeffreyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-31T19:47:46Z
dc.date.available2014-12-31T19:47:46Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWe look at how trade liberalisation, working through product prices, has affected the skill premium in South Africa over the period 1990-2009. Our main finding is that trade liberalisation lead to a reduction in prices over this period, and through prices mandated a rise in the skill premium of 3.3%. The structure of the skill premium did not stay constant over the period. In the sub-period 1990-1999, trade liberalisation mandated a fall in the skill premium of 10.6% and in the other sub-period 2000-2009, trade liberalisation mandated a rise in the skill premium of 11.6%. Our main results are consistent with the sector bias of tariff cuts over these periods, however they do not pass some of the robustness checks that we perform.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMashiane, J. (2011). <i>Trade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10725en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMashiane, Jeffrey. <i>"Trade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10725en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMashiane, J. 2011. Trade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mashiane, Jeffrey AB - We look at how trade liberalisation, working through product prices, has affected the skill premium in South Africa over the period 1990-2009. Our main finding is that trade liberalisation lead to a reduction in prices over this period, and through prices mandated a rise in the skill premium of 3.3%. The structure of the skill premium did not stay constant over the period. In the sub-period 1990-1999, trade liberalisation mandated a fall in the skill premium of 10.6% and in the other sub-period 2000-2009, trade liberalisation mandated a rise in the skill premium of 11.6%. Our main results are consistent with the sector bias of tariff cuts over these periods, however they do not pass some of the robustness checks that we perform. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Trade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africa TI - Trade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10725 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10725
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMashiane J. Trade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10725en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleTrade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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