transformation in Africa, focusing on sectoral output shares, sectoral employment shares, and the relative labour productivity of … sectors. We find that Africa is gradually advancing towards structural transformation but at a very slow speed. The empirical … product growth and population density reduce unemployment and non-employment. …

This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for … economy and exports of labour-intensive products are vital to boosting the demand for labour in Africa. Africa has some … potential to become competitive in light manufacturing, but the most promising avenue for export-led growth of employment in …

In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are … education, employment, fertility, social life, gender norms and more, we observe an increase of 10 percentage points in the raw … employment gender gap over time to the disadvantage of young women. Exploiting the longitudinal nature of our data, we apply two …

probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania … employment probabilities cannot entirely be explained by observable characteristics. The finding of a positive unexplained formal …

and the probability of getting one shows that schooling increases the chances of being hired in formal employment and of … having higher earnings in it. Women with greater responsibilities at home are less likely to want formal employment, and they … employment. However, the estimated fraction of involuntary informal workers is quite high. …

employment probabilities and earnings as compared to other immigrant women. …

employment opportunities for unskilled African labourers. Youth residing in mining settlements, have a large vested interest in … the current and future development of mining. Focusing on Tanzania as typical of the emerging "new mineralizing Africa … school students towards mining as a form of employment and its impact on economic and social life in mining communities are …

responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …Growth and poverty reduction in Africa are weakly linked. This paper argues that the reason is that Africa has failed …

With the aim of reducing women's greater unpaid care work than men&'s and increasing women's paid employment, this … analysis of 36 World Bank employment-related projects in Malawi, Mali, Niger, and Rwanda. It concludes that the vast majority …

This paper examines the changing nature of occupational labour-market trends in South Africa and the resulting impact … 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 …