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This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa toexamine immigration's impact in … the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-SaharanAfrica. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii …) employment allocation betweeninformal and formal sectors, and (iii) the type of employment within each sector. The directionof …
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in the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii …This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa to examine immigration's impact …) employment allocation between informal and formal sectors, and (iii) the type of employment within each sector. The direction of …
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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. …
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indicate that employment and energy use are strongly linked in Africa. Unidirectional causality from employment to energy use … unit root, we study the causality links between energy use and employment for a sample of 16 African countries over the … in Tunisia, Cameroun, Zambia and Ethiopia is found. A unidirectional causality from energy use to employment is found in …
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Every year millions of young adults join the labor market in Africa. This paper uses the Jobs of the World Database to … compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are … similar at similar levels of development but young adults in Africa are less likely to have a salaried job, especially when …
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