South Africa's manufacturing sector experiences declining growth and labour demand, increased imports of intermediate goods. The paper investigates the influence offshoring on employment wages for capital- labour-intensive industries skilled unskilled workers, using firm- employer–employee-level data. Unlike findings in developed countries, generally lowers firms increases decreases percentage ...

Standard neo-classical trade theory predicts that trade liberalisation should cause a fall in wage inequality in developing countries through a decrease in the relative demand for skilled labour. Recent studies of a number of developing countries, however, find evidence to the contrary. Using a panel of manufacturing firms in the 1990s we investigate whether skill-biased technological change in...

This paper provides an analysis relating economic growth, human capital composition, income distribution and public education policies. In the model human capital is 'lumpy' and only the high skilled carry it. The government chooses capital taxes to nance education, which directly a ects growth, the number of high skilled people and wages. Growth and income equality depend positively on the pro...

From a theoretical point of view, the link between workplace diversity and performance in high-skilled context is ambiguous. Likewise, empirical research at firm or plant level finds inconclusive context- specific results. Using detailed database that covers all 3,999 matches played by Italian Serie A teams (firms) over 10-season period, our results reveal substantial robust negative effect fra...

That is, countries with more skilled labour should have higher productivity than countries with less skilled workers, 1 holding all factors constant. Bartel and Lichetenberg (1987) show that firms with new capital stock have a higher demand for educated workers 2 relative to uneducated workers because skilled workers are able to implement innovations more quickly and thereby reduce a firm's cos...

The paper addresses the link between productivity and labour mobility. The hypothesis tested is that technology is transmitted across industries through the movement of skilled workers embodying human capital. The embodied knowledge is then diffused within the new environment creating spillovers and leading to productivity improvements. The empirical analysis is based on household survey and in...