Why South Africa Is Cheap for the Rich and Expensive for the Poor : Reconsidering the Balassa-Samuelson Effect
This paper investigates cross-sectoral productivity differentials in South African industry and their distributional consequences. The analysis shows that typically, traded sectors have experienced low productivity growth over the past decade, whil...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/575681563799522817/Why-South-Africa-Is-Cheap-for-the-Rich-and-Expensive-for-the-Poor-Reconsidering-the-Balassa-Samuelson-Effect http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32126 |