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 …

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

indicator that did not improve between 2001 and 2013 was the employment structure by occupational position. The labour market … indicators that were not affected negatively by the economic crisis were labour earnings, the poverty indices, and household per …

employment composition improved, the educational level of workers rose, the share of registered workers increased, and average … labour earnings went up. At the same time, poverty and inequality largely diminished. The international economic crisis had a …

that episode. The unemployment rate fell between 2000 and 2012. The composition of employment by occupational groups … poverty and inequality indicators decreased substantially between 2000 and 2012. The only negative impact of the international …

negatively by the crisis, and labour earnings and poverty indicators had not recovered their pre-crisis levels by 2012. …

mix of employment by occupational group and educational level. The country underwent a recession as a consequence of the … by the crisis, and the majority of them had not recovered their pre-crisis levels by 2012. Poverty has been rising …