Lawrence Edwards | Economic Research Southern Africa

Contributor Name: Lawrence Edwards

Lawrence Edwards is a Professor in the School of Economics, a Researcher within the Policy Research on International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM), and a Research Associate of the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town. His research interests fall within the field of international trade and development in Africa, covering, inter alia, the effects of trade and on product market integration, labor market outcomes, and firm performance.

Presentation: The consumer price effects of specific trade policy restrictions in South...

Since 2010, various trade measures have been imposed to protect Sou...

Lawrence Edwards

Workshop Presentation

The persistence of apartheid regional wage disparities in South Africa

Despite the ending of apartheid, regional wage disparities remain p...

Lawrence Edwards, Gibson Mudiriza

Working Paper

Shaking out or shaking in: The impact of Zimbabwe’s economic crisis on the country’s ma...

Following Zimbabwe’s economic crisis between 1997 and 2009, a...

Nicholas Masiyandima, Lawrence Edwards

Policy Brief

Imported inputs, Government Support and Performance of manufacturing exporters

Access to imported intermediate inputs has been hailed as crucial i...

Peter W. Chacha, Lawrence Edwards

Policy Brief

Shaking out or shaking in: The impact of Zimbabwe's economic crisis on the country's ma...

Zimbabwe had one of the world’s worst economic crises from th...

Nicholas Masiyandima, Lawrence Edwards

Working Paper

The Growth Dynamics of New Export Entrants in Kenya: a Survival Analysis

Promotion of exports remain a core objective of trade policy in man...

Peter W. Chacha, Lawrence Edwards

Policy Brief

Imported Inputs, Government Support and Performance of Manufacturing Exporters

We evaluate the effectiveness of trade policy incentive that promot...

Lawrence Edwards, Peter W. Chacha

Working Paper

The growth dynamics of new export entrants in Kenya: a Survival Analysis

This paper uses firm-level transaction dataset from Kenya to examin...

Peter W. Chacha, Lawrence Edwards

Policy Brief

Impact of Crime on Firm Entry: Evidence from South Africa

High crime rates in South Africa are an important aspect of the bus...

Lawrence Edwards, Godfrey Mahofa, Asha Sundaram

Policy Brief

Impact of Crime on Firm Entry: Evidence from South Africa

In this paper, we analyse the relationship between crime and the en...

Lawrence Edwards, Godfrey Mahofa, Asha Sundaram

Working Paper

Price-setting Behavior and Competition in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Retail O...

We study the relationship between price-setting behavior and the de...

Mamello A. Nchake, Lawrence Edwards, Asha Sundaram

Working Paper

Trade Liberalization, Rival Exporters and Reallocation of Production: An Analysis of In...

Employing a difference-in-difference estimation technique on firm-l...

Lawrence Edwards, Asha Sundaram

Working Paper

A Disaggregated Analysis of Product Price Integration in the Southern African Developme...

Integrated product markets are characterised by the absence of (or ...

Lawrence Edwards, Asha Sundaram, Neil Balchin

Policy Brief

A Disaggregated Analysis of Product Price Integration in the Southern African Developme...

Integrated product markets are characterised by the absence of (or ...

Asha Sundaram, Neil Balchin, Lawrence Edwards

Policy Brief

Price setting behaviour in Lesotho: Stylised facts from consumer retail prices

This paper documents some of the main features of price setting beh...

Mamello A. Nchake, Neil Rankin, Lawrence Edwards

Working Paper

Is Africa Integrating? Evidence from Product Markets

Integration into the global trading environment is viewed as a key ...

Neil Rankin, Lawrence Edwards

Working Paper

US Trade and Wages: The Misleading Implications of Conventional Trade Theory

Conventional trade theory, which combines the Heckscher-Ohlin theor...

Robert Lawrence, Lawrence Edwards

Working Paper

Evaluating the general equilibrium effects of a wage subsidy scheme for South Africa

Unemployment among semi- and unskilled workers has reached severe p...

Lawrence Edwards, Kalie Pauw

Working Paper

Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms

Using new detailed tariff data, wages disaggregated by skill level ...

Lawrence Edwards, Alberto Behar

Working Paper

Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms

Using new detailed tariff data, wages disaggregated by skill level ...

Lawrence Edwards, Alberto Behar

Working Paper