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Labour market effects of digital matching platforms : experimental evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Jones, Sam; Sen, Kunal - 2022

Can digital labour market platforms reduce search frictions in formal or informal labour markets? We study this question using a randomized experiment embedded in a tracer study of the work transitions of graduates from technical and vocational colleges in Mozambique. We implement an...

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Return migration, self-selection and entrepreneurship in Mozambique

Batista, Catia; McIndoe-Calder, Tara; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2014

Does return migration affect entrepreneurship? This question has important implications for the debate on the economic development effects of migration for origin countries. The existing literature has, however, not addressed how the estimation of the impact of return migration on...

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Three varieties of Africa's industrial future

Naudé, Wim - 2019

This paper shows that African economies have generally not de-industrialized, that manufacturing growth is very … possible, and moreover that the contribution of manufacturing in Africa has been underestimated. As far as the future is … and emerging technologies. In one variety, labelled "acquiring traditional manufacturing capabilities" technological …

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The past and future of manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe : ready for industry 4.0?

Naudé, Wim; Surdej, Aleksander; Cameron, Martin - 2019

manufacturing in the region, describe three distinct time periods of industrialization since 1990, and explain the nature of I4 … could do more to promote entrepreneurship; to diversify and grow manufacturing export markets through focused trade …

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Opening the black box : task and skill mix and productivity dispersion

Blackwood, G. Jacob; Cunningham, Cindy; Dey, Matthew S.; … - 2022

emphasizes the task content of production. Our ultimate objective is to open this black box of tasks and skills at the … suggestive empirical analysis of the relationship between within-industry dispersion in productivity and tasks and skills. We …

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Gender disparities in employment and earnings in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from Swaziland

Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2016

In this paper we provide first systematic evidence on the gender disparities in the labor market in Swaziland, drawing on the country's first two (2007 and 2010) Labor Force Surveys. We find that even though the global financial crisis had a less severe effect on the labor market outcomes of...

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People and machines : a look at the evolving relationship between capital and skill in manufacturing 1860 - 1930 using immigration shocks

Lafortune, Jeanne; Tessada, José A.; Lewis, Ethan - 2015

This paper estimates the elasticity of substitution between capital and skill using variation across U.S. counties in immigration-induced skill-mix changes between 1860 and 1930. We find that capital began as a q-complement for skilled and unskilled workers, and then dramatically increased its...

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HIV, wages, and the skill premium

Marinescu, Ioana E. - 2012

urban manufacturing firms. The impact of HIV on average wages is positive but imprecisely estimated. In contrast, HIV has a …

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Evaluating the impacts of minigrid electrification in sub-Saharan Africa

Ayhan, Sinem H.; Falchetta, Giacomo; Steckel, Jan Christoph - 2022

A large share of the population of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lacks access to modern energy services. To bridge the electricity access gap, distributed power generation systems such as minigrids and stand-alone photovoltaic systems emerge as attractive options in the power supply solution space....

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Learning inequalities during COVID-19 : evidence from longitudinal surveys from sub-Saharan Africa

Dang, Hai-Anh; Oseni, Gbemisola; Zezza, Alberto; … - 2022

There is hardly any study on learning inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic in a low-income, multi-country context. Analyzing 34 longitudinal household and phone survey rounds from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, we find that while countries exhibit...

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