business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. The analysis …

The relationship among economic growth, employment and poverty reduction is an organic one such that the evolution of … economic growth is intimately tied to the evolution of employment generation and poverty reduction. Imbalances in macro … increases in employment in higher productivity sectors/occupations and a rise in wages. It employs intensity of growth as …

unemployment. Literature shows that economic policies do have an impact on employment, but evidently Nigeria's employment policies … have not lent to fill the ever-increasing employment gap. Why has this been the case? Furthermore, why have women tended to … fare worse than men on most employment indicators? This paper gives an exposition on Nigeria's jobless growth situation by …

not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as "jobless …

followed the path of jobless growth. Data provided by the NSSO indicates a falling trend in employment from 2.8% in 2004-05 to … trends point to the fact that despite rigid labor laws in our country, regimes of employment have adapted and converted their … impact on employment opportunities across the country in various sectors. The paper concludes that the prevailing labor laws …