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Ghana's status as one of the African Lions is linked to the country's remarkable growth performance, which culminated … in the attainment of lower middle-income status. However, employment response to growth has been weak. Additionally … employment generating sectors of mining and oil extraction. Fixing the problem of the missing middle of dwindling manufacturing …
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regeneration of dependence on "traditional" informal sector and casual wage employment, which are often expected to dissolve over …
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regeneration of dependence on "traditional" informal sector and casual wage employment, which are often expected to dissolve over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992384
Ghana's status as one of the African Lions is linked to the country's remarkable growth performance, which culminated … in the attainment of lower middle-income status. However, employment response to growth has been weak. Additionally … employment generating sectors of mining and oil extraction. Fixing the problem of the missing middle of dwindling manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440655
labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and … informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …. Our results offer evidence for both comparative advantage and segmentation. No significant differences between the …
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labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and … informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …. Our results offer evidence for both comparative advantage and segmentation. No significant differences between the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233913
purpose of this study is to determine whether the capital-skill complementarity framework holds for Ghana manufacturing plants … in industry and aggregate level. We use an unbalanced panel of plant-level data for manufacturing firms in Ghana during … suggest that capital-skill complementarity holds in aggregate level and wood-furniture sector in Ghana. However, we reject the …
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purpose of this study is to determine whether the capital-skill complementarity framework holds for Ghana manufacturing plants … in industry and aggregate level. We use an unbalanced panel of plant-level data for manufacturing firms in Ghana during … suggest that capital-skill complementarity holds in aggregate level and wood-furniture sector in Ghana. However, we reject the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932439
outcomes in developing countries. We exploit a rich dataset from Ghana that provides information on demographics, labor market … individual behavior and outcomes. We find that, at least for the case of Ghana, after controlling for IQ and other covariates …
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consumption and incomes grew in Ghana in the 1990s. Second, we ask how much of the rise in incomes was due to rises in the level …
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