Trade, Technology and the Labour Market: The Case of South Africa
基于赫克歇尔-俄林贸易理论，使用动态异质面板估计方法，研究南非制造业中贸易和技术变革对劳动力市场的影响，发现贸易带来的收入增长对劳动力有利而对资本不利，技术带来的收入增长对两者均不利。
Abstract This study advances previous work on the effects of trade and technological change on labour markets within the framework of Heckscher–Ohlin trade theory. We provide evidence for an unskilled labour abundant developing country by employing dynamic heterogeneous panel estimation techniques. For South African manufacturing, trade‐mandated increases in earnings are positive for labour and negative for capital whilst technology‐mandated increases are negative for both factors. We also find it important to take account of endogeneity issues in analysing the impact of technology and price changes on factor returns and in isolating factor‐ and sector‐bias of technological changes.