Intra- versus inter-industry specialisation, labour market adjustment and poverty : implications for regional integration in Southern Africa
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2003
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Rhodes University, Grahamstown, ZA
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This paper begins by surveying the long-run distributional consequences of trade from alternative theoretical perspectives. The focus of the paper is on the so-called “smooth adjustment hypothesis” that is, the idea that transitional adjustment is easier (or harder) to the extent that new trade is intra- (or inter-) industry in nature. Results confirm that a very small proportion of new trade between 1994 and 2000 within South African Development Community (SADC) was intra-industry, implying large dislocations. Regional integration could facilitate intra-industry trade expansion, particularly among developing countries, to ameliorate adverse poverty outcomes as a result of liberalisation.
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LABOUR MARKET, POVERTY, INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, TRADE, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, SOUTH AFRICA, POLICY MAKING, INDUSTRIAL POLICY, SOUTH OF SAHARA, REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS, INTRAINDUSTRY TRADE, INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2000-2009 / Années 2000-2009
Labour Markets and Migration / Marchés du travail et migrations
Research Results (GGP) / Résultats de recherches (MCP)
Sub-Saharan Africa / Afrique subsaharienne
Trade Policy, Investment and Economic Integration / Politique commerciale, investissement et intégration économique
2000-2009 / Années 2000-2009
Labour Markets and Migration / Marchés du travail et migrations
Research Results (GGP) / Résultats de recherches (MCP)
Sub-Saharan Africa / Afrique subsaharienne
Trade Policy, Investment and Economic Integration / Politique commerciale, investissement et intégration économique