Industrial Concentration Levels and Trends in South Africa: Completing the Pictures

Fourie, F. C. v. N.

doi:10.1111/j.1813-6982.1996.tb01116.x

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“…The investigation is limited.to the manufacturing sector for 1982, 1985, 1988 and 1992. The main reason for this is the limited availability of concentration data which only became available recently (Fourie 1996).…”

Section: Empirical Results: Manufacturing Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Concentration, Labour Quality and Wages in the South Concentration, Labour African Manufacturing Sector

Smit¹

1999

South African J Economics

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Section: Empirical Results: Manufacturing Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Concentration, Labour Quality and Wages in the South Concentration, Labour African Manufacturing Sector

Smit¹

1999

South African J Economics

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“…While he concludes that there is moderate evidence of increasing concentration over time, examination of his reported results for the absolute measures suggests relative stability rather than noticeable trends. Indeed as Fourie (1996) acknowledges, most differences in point estimates are not statistically significant. The exception is the Gini -the purely relative measure -where a noticeable increase is evident.…”

Section: Concentrationmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…It is also unclear, however, whether the conclusion of generally high and increasing concentration is well-supported. Fourie (1996) is unique in the literature in that he obtained access to 1980s Census of Manufacturing data which allowed computation of some standard absolute measures as well as relative measures of concentration. While he concludes that there is moderate evidence of increasing concentration over time, examination of his reported results for the absolute measures suggests relative stability rather than noticeable trends.…”

Section: Concentrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The exception is the Gini -the purely relative measure -where a noticeable increase is evident. And yet much of the South African evidence on increasing trends subsequent to Fourie (1996) is drawn from changes in the 5% CR -also purely relative. With the disjuncture between relative and (preferred) absolute measures evident in Fourie (1996), it is unclear whether absolute concentration has actually been high and increasing.…”

Section: Concentrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…And yet much of the South African evidence on increasing trends subsequent to Fourie (1996) is drawn from changes in the 5% CR -also purely relative. With the disjuncture between relative and (preferred) absolute measures evident in Fourie (1996), it is unclear whether absolute concentration has actually been high and increasing. Indeed when looking at over-time changes in the Rosenbluth index from Fedderke and Szalontai (2009, p. 244), 17 of the 24 manufacturing sectors they examine exhibit declines in concentration (unlike the Gini, which almost uniformly increases in the same time period).…”

Section: Concentrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fedderke

Naumann

2009

Applied Economics

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This paper explores the trends in industry concentration of the South African manufacturing industry over the period from 1972-2001, with a primary focus on developments post 1996. Across all sectors of the manufacturing industry, concentration is found to have decreased. The analysis of bivariate associations yields several results. Amongst others, sectors which are highly concentrated (as measured by the Rosenbluth index) are more likely to exhibit lower employment growth. This is consistent across all ten census years. This paper also provides support for earlier results that low investment rates can in part be attributed to high levels of concentration.

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Industrial Concentration Levels and Trends in South Africa: Completing the Pictures

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Concentration, Labour Quality and Wages in the South Concentration, Labour African Manufacturing Sector

Concentration, Labour Quality and Wages in the South Concentration, Labour African Manufacturing Sector

Markups and market structure in South Africa: What can be learnt from new administrative data?

An analysis of industry concentration in South African manufacturing, 1972–2001

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