global south. The textile and clothing industry is the largest foreign exchange earner and the largest employment provider in …-level activities, size-wise as well as state-wise, thereby creating some sort of inequality. Moreover, we also show that the aggregate … wage bill of export-oriented firms in India actually rose during this period. However, the aggregate state-level wage bill …

dimension of employment. By exploiting rich micro-level data on Ethiopian workers, we evaluate the effect of the Ethiopian trade … reforms on the changes and composition of employment, adopting as unit of analysis Ethiopian districts. We find that districts … more exposed to trade liberalization experienced reductions in their employment levels, especially in female employment. We …

industry in Thailand with an emphasis on employment generation and equity. The analysis is based on a balanced panel data set … that industries with high value-added ratios have more potential to create export-induced employment. The policy …

In South Africa, the manufacturing sector -- important for growth and employment creation -- has shown declining growth … countries, we find that offshoring generally lowers employment in manufacturing firms, and seems to increase the percentage of …

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 …

reductions in poverty were strongly related to improvements in earnings and employment indicators. Although the 2008 crisis …

domestic economy while continuing to restructure the economy toward greater emphasis on the private sector. Growth, employment …