Firing on all cylinders: decomposing regional growth dynamics in South Africa
SOURCE: South African Journal of Economics
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 1991
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Visagie, I.Turok
KEYWORDS: ECONOMY, REGIONAL GOVERNANCE, SPATIAL INEQUALITIES
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12756
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/18836
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/18836
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 1991
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Visagie, I.Turok
KEYWORDS: ECONOMY, REGIONAL GOVERNANCE, SPATIAL INEQUALITIES
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12756
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/18836
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/18836
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Abstract
The poor performance of the South African economy has been widely analysed, yet this disguises considerable internal variation, both between sectors and regions. Most disaggregated analysis focuses on national industry trends and neglects the role of geography. We undertake a shift-share analysis with multifactor partitioning to decompose the growth performance of provinces into nationwide industry and region-specific (or "place-based" shares between 1995 and 2018. The main finding is that place based effects explain as much of the variation in growth as nationwide industry effects in most provinces. This implies that the economic capabilities of each region need careful consideration as part of national growth strategies and reforms.-
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