Output, Employment and Financial Sanctions in South Africa

Author/Editor:

Tamim Bayoumi

Publication Date:

December 1, 1990

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Summary:

The effects of the marked slowdown in the growth of the capital stock in South Africa since 1985, associated with political uncertainty and financial sanctions, and future growth prospects are quantified using a modified version of the Lewis development model. This is done by estimating production functions for the nonprimary and mining sectors of the South African economy involving skilled (white) labor, unskilled (nonwhite) labor and capital. It is concluded that each 1 percent change in the growth rata of the capital stock leads to at 0.8 percent change in output growth, and hence the fall in investment since 1985 has lead to significant falls in growth, employment and real wages.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1990/113

Subject:

Employment Financial institutions Labor Labor force Real wages Stocks

English

Publication Date:

December 1, 1990

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451943948/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA1131990

Pages:

28

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