fell; the mix of employment by occupational position and sector improved; the educational level of the employed population …, the percentage of registered workers, and labour earnings increased; and all poverty and inequality indicators decreased …

This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country …'s paradox of high economic growth alongside rising poverty and inequality. The methodology adopted is the Shapley decomposition … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that …

This article focuses on the growth-employment relationship and the determinants of labour force participation rate. In … the time-series framework, employment is seen to have a greater impact on GDP rather than vice versa. This is quite … consistent with the literature that employment contracts can be long term in nature, and they are usually not flexible in the …

This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in … growth, changes in the various employment and earnings indicators, and changes in poverty and inequality indicators relate to … each other? Our contribution is an in-depth study of the multi-pronged growth–employment–poverty nexus based on a large …

economic growth have made employment the most urgent demand of the population and the top priority for Government action. This … productivity and employment, in order to achieve its pro-poor growth objectives. This report includes seven sections: employment is … key for poverty reduction; one in five workers is unemployed or underemployed; the structure of Liberia's economy limits …

There is little doubt that economic growth contributes significantly to poverty reduction; however, countries clearly … differ in the degree to which income growth translates into reduced levels of poverty. Although cross-country estimates … suggest that differences in the responsiveness of poverty to income growth account for a small fraction of overall differences …

The objective of this report is to provide some policy guidelines for the fight against poverty. In particular, it … growth. The report is part of a series of studies conducted within the Poverty Reduction Group (PRMPR) to foster … understanding of the role of employment earnings and labor markets in shared growth. In addition, it is intended to function as a …

business cycle over the period. The only indicators that did not improve were the composition of employment by occupational …