high initial income inequality. The neglect of concern for employment and inequality in the formulation of the Millennium … Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 is noted; the addition of a goal for full employment in a reformulation of the MDGs in 2005 did … not lead to a change in focus in official development assistance (ODA). If the growing concern for employment and …

This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among … urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points post … did not experience any significant impact on employment post pandemic, as reported by their husbands. Second, we document …

Africa, but they also have higher failure rates. Ignoring firm exit exaggerates net employment growth. Using panel data for … prospects for employment creation. …

The paper examines the incidence and employment impacts of the Employment Tax Incentive, a South African wage subsidy … influence on the employment rate of eligible workers. The number of jobs in the region where the subsidy is the greatest has …

This paper investigates the effect of innovation on employment growth at the firm level in South Africa. Innovation is …, the link between innovation and employment is more ambiguous. R&D targeted towards product innovation has been typically … associated with employment growth. Process innovations may have a positive effect, but also have the potential to reduce the …

, by decomposing changes in the level and share of manufacturing employment. The results indicate that in most countries … the decline in manufacturing employment is associated mainly with rising labour productivity in manufacturing …

employment should be focused to ensure maximum impact in addressing the problem of low youth employment in South Africa. Given … employment in South Africa with a significantly large sample size. …

This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that … services sector. Employment elasticity of growth was positive and quite low, reflecting the country's poor overall employment …

. Implicit borrowing in trade finance allows financially constrained firms to bridge the financing gap, expand employment by 8 …

1994. Over the period 2001-12 employment within the primary sectors collapsed, employment in the manufacturing sector did … not increase, while employment in the tertiary sectors such as financial services and community services grew. High- and …