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The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries
Dissertation (Magister Commercii)--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23986 The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries Breitenbach, Marthinus Christoffel Slabbert, Tielman Johannes Christian booty.molatsana@up.ac.za Molatsana, Elias Nkabo Matsobane Labour Demand Changes Structural Effects Textile Clothing industries South african Special reference UCTD Dissertation (Magister Commercii)--University of Pretoria, 2007. The textile and clothing industry, one of the oldest industrial sectors in the world, has contributed in important ways to the development of economies and increased the living standards of inhabitants in regions around the globe. Since 1990, production in the South African textile and clothing industry has declined due to many factors like inadequate competitiveness. The dissertation’s main objective relates to the investigation of the factors that were responsible for the structural adjustment in the sector and how it had an impact on the sector, specifically the sector’s performance in production and employment. The research considers that any strategy or policy that would improve employment and output in the production will simultaneously have to be a strategy of international competitiveness for the South African textile and clothing industry. The most important results of the literature review is that evidence suggests a new role for the state in managing business in the current globalisation and liberalisation environment, with the sole purpose of increasing a nation’s welfare from international trade. This new role of the state is that of a strategic partner whose aim is to create an enabling environment for business in its country through selective and flexible intervention, some of which may involve the labour market, education and training, multi-and bilateral trade affairs, domestic structural adjustment, competitiveness and research and development issues. A detailed historic analysis of each of the sectors and sub-sectors in the clothing and textile industry for the period from 1996, at the time projected to the year 2001 and some of the more recent dynamics in the sector are discussed. Although the dissertation is mainly based on a literature survey, it was decided to investigate the factors that have an impact on the production of clothing and textile industry in South Africa further, using quantitative methods. Using co-integration techniques (Engle Granger approach) test the impact of some of the independent variables in the production function it was possible to show that these factors led to a decrease in production, which explains the decrease in the demand for labour in the sector. Economics unrestricted 2013-09-06T16:19:34Z 2007-04-17 2013-09-06T16:19:34Z 2006-09-05 2007-04-17 2007-04-17 Dissertation Molatsana, E 2006, The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries, Magister dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23986 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23986 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04172007-132710/ © 2006, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Labour Demand Changes Structural Effects Textile Clothing industries South african Special reference UCTD The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries |
| title | The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries |
| title_full | The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries |
| title_fullStr | The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries |
| title_short | The effects of structural changes on the demand of labour, with special reference to the South African textile and clothing industries |
| title_sort | effects of structural changes on the demand of labour with special reference to the south african textile and clothing industries |
| topic | Labour Demand Changes Structural Effects Textile Clothing industries South african Special reference UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23986 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04172007-132710/ |