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The dynamics of job creation and job destruction: is sub-saharan Africa different?

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This paper analyzes the creation, destruction and reallocation of jobs in order to understand the micro-dynamics of aggregate employment change in African manufacturing. The nature and magnitude of gross job flows are examined using a unique panel data of Ethiopian manufacturing establishments...

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Uptake of Health Insurance and the Productive Safety Net Program in Rural Ethiopia

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Due to lack of well-developed insurance, credit and labor markets, rural families in Ethiopia are exposed to a range of …

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Social Insurance Reform and Labor Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

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This paper examines the labor market implications of a mandatory social insurance scheme introduced in Ethiopia in 2011 …

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The Joint Effects of a Health Insurance and a Public Works Scheme in Rural Ethiopia

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Rural households in Ethiopia are exposed to a variety of covariate and idiosyncratic risks. In 2005, the Ethiopian … in livestock, the main household asset, and a 27 percent decline in debt. These results suggest that at least in Ethiopia …

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The Dynamics of Job Creation and Job Destruction: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Different?

Shiferaw, Admasu; Bedi, Arjun S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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