purpose of this study is to determine whether the capital-skill complementarity framework holds for Ghana manufacturing plants … in industry and aggregate level. We use an unbalanced panel of plant-level data for manufacturing firms in Ghana during … suggest that capital-skill complementarity holds in aggregate level and wood-furniture sector in Ghana. However, we reject the …

zero to positive correlation with changes in native wages and native employment, in aggregate and by skill group. We …

market data reinforces the idea of a large private sector, which provides about 90% of total employment opportunities … account on average for only 10% of total employment (a share similar to that provided by public administration and state owned … enterprises). South Africa is the notable exception, with formal wage employment in the private sector representing 46% of total …

employment, and they also face a lower probability of being hired in such jobs. The findings indicate the segmentation of Mexican … employment and of having higher earnings in it. Women with greater responsibilities at home are less likely to want formal … informal employment. However, the estimated fraction of involuntary informal workers is quite high. …

of "jobless growth", India has experienced concentrated employment growth, mainly in urban areas and for men. This has … employment in urban areas. But the ability of the manufacturing sector to engage workers will be constrained by the capital and … skill intensity of production. More wage employment will be created but the challenge is to ensure these workers have access …

in Egypt. The paper focuses on unprotected employment and the extent to which it changed by educational level right after … the January Uprising of 2011. We find that over time and particularly after the revolution, informal employment has …

share the results with firms increases workseekers' employment and earnings. It also aligns their beliefs and search … search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms increases callbacks. These …

on employment outcomes, using Ghana as a case study. We take advantage of a specific policy setting, in which strict stay …-at-home orders were issued and enforced in two spatially delimited areas, bringing Ghana's major metropolitan centres to a standstill … that the three-week lockdown had a large and significant immediate negative impact on employment in the treated districts …