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Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-27)

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Main Author: Hill, A J
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: School of Economics 2014
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5796 Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach Hill, A J Economics Includes bibliographical references (leaves 24-27) Our investigation of industry structure in South African manufacturing reveals evidence of imperfect competition. We find an average mark-up of 50% for the period 1970 to 2004. Results suggest that there is no consistent trend in the mark-up over time. Extending this analysis, we find that two thirds of total labour employed in South African manufacturing is devoted to fixed costs. We find that this proportion falls during the 1980s and rises during the 1990s, suggesting an increase in labour flexibility followed by a decrease. 2014-07-31T12:28:21Z 2014-07-31T12:28:21Z 2007 Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5796 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town
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Hill, A J
Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach
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title Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach
title_full Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach
title_fullStr Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach
title_full_unstemmed Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach
title_short Industry structure and labour market flexibility in the South African manufacturing sector : a time series and panel data approach
title_sort industry structure and labour market flexibility in the south african manufacturing sector a time series and panel data approach
topic Economics
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