South Africa / Susan Hayter, Gerhard Reinecke and Raymond Torres.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Hayter, Susan.

Contributor:

Reinecke, Gerhard.

Torres, Raymond.

Series:

Studies on the social dimensions of globalization.

Studies on the social dimensions of globalization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects--South Africa.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva ; [Great Britain] : International Labour Office, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Intro

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Figure 1 Trends in economic growth and per capita income, 1980-98

PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS

A. THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION

Trade liberalization

The liberalization of capital flows

Table 1 Average weighted import tariff rates

Global integration of the South African economy

Figure 2 Trade flows and openness, 1980-97

Figure 3 Foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment flows, 1980-98

Figure 4 Sectoral and geographic composition of FDI inflows, 1994-98

Table 2 Foreign trading of equities, 1991-98

Table 3 International comparison of number of Internet hosts for selected middle-income countries, July 1998

Conclusion

B. AN OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRESS INDICATORS

Employment and unemployment

Table 4 Poverty rate and social indicators by population group, 1993

Table 5 International comparison of social indicators for selected middle-income countries, 1997

Figure 5 Non-agricultural employment, 1980-98

Figure 6 South Africa: Studies on the social dimensions Public sector Mining Manufacturing Public sector Mining Manufacturi

Figure 7 Employment, value added and labour productivity growth in the non-agricultural sector, 1980-98

Table 6 Unemployment and employment rates by population group and sex, 1994-97

Wages

Table 7 Unemployment by education and sex, 1995

Table 8 Trends in real wages and labour productivity, 1990-97

Figure 8 Relative wages by population group and economic sector, 1980-97

Income distribution

Table 9 Indicators of income distribution in selected middle-income countries

Table 10 Income inequality by population group, 1990 1 and 1995

Unequal opportunities.

Table 11 Level of education by population group and sex, 1995

Table 12 Average earnings by level of education, population group and sex, 1994

Figure 9 Access to electricity, water and telephone by population group

Employment quality

Figure 10 Employment status by population group and sex, 1993

Table 13 Employment status in a sample of manufacturing enterprises, 1996

Notes

PART I I ASSESSING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION

A. PATTERNS OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE

Figure 11 Growth of manufacturing imports by product type, 1994-97

Figure 12 Export structure by main sectors, 1980, 1993 and 1997

Table 14 Main export and import products, 1985 and 1996

Table 15 Evolution of the world markets for main export products, 1980-96

Figure 13 Composition of manufacturing exports and imports by factor intensity, 1993 and 1997

Table 16 Composition of exports by geographic destination, 1996

B. TRADE LIBERALIZATION, EMPLOYMENT AND AGGREGATE INCOME

Comparisons between sectors

Figure 14 Trade and economic performance by economic sector, 1994-97

Figure 15 Labour market performance in the non-agricultural sector, 1994-97

Table 17 Summary of classifications of manufacturing sectors

Table 18 Trade orientation by economic sector, 1993 and 1997

Table 19 Employment, labour productivity, wages and exports of manufacturing sectors by trade orientation, 1997

Figure 16 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by trade orientation, 1994-97

Figure 17 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by natural resource intensity, 1994-97

Figure 18 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by capital intensity, 1994-97.

Figure 19 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by initial level of tariff rates, 1994-97

Figure 20 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by magnitude of the decrease in tariff rates, 1994-98

Review of the relevant literature

Box 1 Why is South Africa a capital-intensive economy?

Conceptual considerations

Figure 21 Evolution of cost competitiveness, 1990-98

Empirical analysis

Figure 22 Production prices by factor intensity, 1994-98

Figure 23 Capital-labour ratios by economic sector, 1980-95 (1980=100)

Table 20 Investment and employment variation in manufacturing sectors, 1997

Figure 24 Gross domestic fixed investment and gross domestic savings, 1980-98

C. GLOBALIZATION AND INCOME INEQUALITIES

PART III POLICY ISSUES

A. INDUSTRIAL POLICY, TRADE REFORM AND PERSPECTIVES OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Trade reform and industrial policy

Competition policy

Equal access to productive assets

Regional integration

B. IMPROVING ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

C. LABOUR MARKET REGULATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

Rationale behind recent labour market reform

Labour market regulation and adaptability

Table 21 International comparison of legislation on dismissals and fixed- term contracts

Figure 25 Mean wages for elementary occupations and unemployment rates by province

Collective bargaining

Table 22 Collective bargaining coverage in the non-agricultural sector, 1993-97

Table 23 International comparison of collective bargaining systems

Table 24 Labour market institutions, 1993-97 1

Social dialogue at national level

D. THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET

CONCLUDING REMARKS

ANNEX I THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION.

Theoretical perspectives

Figure A1 Output and consumption effects of freer trade

Figure A2 The impact of freer trade on output and employment when relative wages are fixed

Econometric estimates: methodology and results

Table A1 Sectoral employment determinants: econometric results

dependent variable: employment

ANNEX 2 DATA SOURCES

Table A2 Statistics: Sources and definitions

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

70769136