Wages And Employment In Africa

Author : Dipak Mazumdar,Ata Mazaheri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351749657

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Wages and Employment in Africa by Dipak Mazumdar,Ata Mazaheri Pdf

This title was first published in 2002: Analyzing labour market trends in sub-Saharan Africa since 1970, this volume employs data collected from the International Labor Organization (ILO), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and World Bank (the RPED surveys). It examines the economics of the labour market against the presistent decline in real wages over some 20 years in some of these countries. Setting the African story against the background of wage-employment trends in other regions of the world, the author proceeds to examine the impact of this decline on the rural-urban earnings gap. The consequences of the declining wage levels on the lifetime earnings of workers and on trends in labour productivity are then discussed, followed by an analysis of the employment and wage structure in African manufacturing firms.

Author : Ms.Louise Fox,Cleary Haines,Ms.Jorge Huerta Munoz,Mr.Alun H. Thomas
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475577082

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Africa's Got Work to Do by Ms.Louise Fox,Cleary Haines,Ms.Jorge Huerta Munoz,Mr.Alun H. Thomas Pdf

Estimates of the current and future structure of employment in sub-Saharan Africa (2005–20) are obtained based on household survey estimates for 28 countries and an elasticity-type model that relates employment to economic growth and demographic outcomes. Agriculture still employs the majority of the labor force although workers are shifting slowly out of the sector. Sub-Saharan Africa’s projected rapid labor force growth, combined with a low baseline level of private sector wage employment, means that even if sub-Saharan Africa realizes another decade of strong growth, the share of labor force employed in private firms is not expected to rise substantially. Governments need to undertake measures to attract private enterprises that provide wage employment, but they also need to focus on improving productivity in the traditional and informal sectors as these will continue to absorb the majority of the labor force.

Author : Jan Vandemoortele
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002283351

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Employment Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa by Jan Vandemoortele Pdf

Covers the period from 1985 to 1988 and includes projections to 2000.

Author : David L. Lindauer,Barbara Nunberg
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821330004

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Rehabilitating Government by David L. Lindauer,Barbara Nunberg Pdf

Analyzes the issues affecting income security for the elderly in both developing and industrial nations. Systems providing financial security for the old are under increasing strain throughout the world. Changing demographics have led to an increased proportion of old people in the general population. Traditional means of support for the old, such as extended families, are weakening. Meanwhile, formal systems, such as government-backed pensions, have proven unstable. For these reasons economists, policymakers, and government officials are exploring ways to address such issues as: *How to ensure financial security for the old and the best ways of paying for such security *The roles of the public and private sectors when systems are used to enhance rather than detract from economic growth. This study, the first comprehensive and global examination of old age security, addresses such issues. It identifies three functions of old age financial security programs--redistribution, saving, and insurance. It evaluates the policy options for meeting these functions using two criteria: their impact on the aged and their impact on the economy as a whole. The study suggests that financial security for the old and economic growth would be better served if governments relied on three systems: 1) A publicly managed system with mandatory participation and the limited goal of reducing poverty among the old 2) A privately managed mandatory savings system 3) A voluntary savings system. These three systems would ensure against the many risks of old age. The study concludes that a combination of different income security policies is more effective than any single approach and that all countries should begin planning for their aging populations now. A Copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press.

Author : Nir Klein
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475502824

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Real Wage, Labor Productivity, and Employment Trends in South Africa by Nir Klein Pdf

The paper looks at the dynamics of employment in South Africa and examines the factors that contributed to the job-shedding observed during the recent financial crisis. The paper finds that the rapid growth of the real wage, which outpaced the labor productivity growth in most sectors, played an important role in suppressing employment creation. The paper also finds that while there is a co-integrating link between the real wage and labor productivity, the deviations from equilibrium are persistent and thus contribute to a weak link between real wage growth and labor productivity growth in the short term. This finding is also supported by a cross-country analysis, which shows that in South Africa the link between the real wage and labor productivity is substantially weaker than in other emerging markets, even after controlling for labor market tightness indicators.

Author : David L. Lindauer,Barbara Nunberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civil service reform
ISBN : OCLC:744514426

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Rehabilitating Government by David L. Lindauer,Barbara Nunberg Pdf

Author : Ms.Christine Dieterich,Anni Huang,Mr.Alun H. Thomas
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484388518

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Women’s Opportunities and Challenges in Sub-Saharan African Job Markets by Ms.Christine Dieterich,Anni Huang,Mr.Alun H. Thomas Pdf

As labor market data is scarce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this paper uses household survey data to analyze the determinants of the gender gap in the labor market and its welfare implications for five SSA countries in multinomial logit models with propensity score matching method. The analysis confirms that education opens up opportunities for women to escape agricultural feminization and engage in formal wage employment, but these opportunities diminish when women marry—a disadvantage increasingly relevant when countries develop and urbanization progresses. Opening a household enterprise offers women an alternative avenue to escape low-paid jobs in agriculture, but the increase in per capita income is lower than male-owned household enterprises. These findings underline that improving women’s education needs to be supported by measures to allow married women to keep their jobs in the wage sector.

Author : Deon Filmer,Louise Fox
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464801082

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Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa by Deon Filmer,Louise Fox Pdf

This book focuses on how to improve the quality of jobs and meet the aspirations of youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that a strong foundation for human capital development can be key to boosting earnings, arguing for a balanced approach that builds skills and demand for labor.

Author : Derek Robinson,International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 922106459X

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Civil Service Pay in Africa by Derek Robinson,International Labour Office Pdf

Provides information on how civil service remuneration systems work in African countries. Successful reform in civil service remuneration systems in Africa is of particular importance for countries in the process of structural adjustment because of its effect on the overall structural programme.

Author : Christopher Cramer,John Sender,Arkebe Oqubay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198832331

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African Economic Development by Christopher Cramer,John Sender,Arkebe Oqubay Pdf

"This book challenges conventional wisdoms about economic performance and possible policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking variation in African economic performance. Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. The authors highlight not only differences between countries, but also variations within countries, differences often organized around distinctions of gender, class, and ethnic identity. For example, neo-natal mortality and school dropout have been reduced, particularly for some classes of women in some areas of Africa. Horticultural and agribusiness exports have grown far more rapidly in some countries than in others. These variations (and many others) point to opportunities for changing performance, reducing inequalities, learning from other policy experiences, and escaping the ties of structure, and the legacies of a colonial past. The book rejects teleological illusions and Eurocentric prejudice, but it does pay close attention to the results of policy in more industrialized parts of the world. Seeing the contradictions of capitalism for what they are - fundamental and enduring - may help policy officials protect themselves against the misleading idea that development can be expected to be a smooth, linear process, or that it would be were certain impediments suddenly removed. The authors criticize a wide range of orthodox and heterodox economists, especially for their cavalier attitude to evidence. Drawing on their own decades of research and policy experience, they combine careful use of available evidence from a range of African countries with political economy insights (mainly derived from Kalecki, Kaldor and Hischman) to make the policy case for specific types of public sector investment"--

Author : Kenya. Committee on African Wages
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Black people
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120487173

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Report, Parts I, II and III [dealing with Minimum Wages] by Kenya. Committee on African Wages Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Wage Effects of Union and Industrial Councils in South Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carlos Oya,Nicola Pontara
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317562900

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Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries by Carlos Oya,Nicola Pontara Pdf

There is a striking scarcity of work conducted on rural labour markets in the developing world, particularly in Africa. This book aims to fill this gap by bringing together a group of contributors who boast substantial field experience researching rural wage employment in various developing countries. It provides critical perspectives on mainstream approaches to rural/agrarian development, and analysis of agrarian change and rural transformations from a long-term perspective. This book challenges the notion that rural areas in low- and middle-income countries are dominated by self-employment. It purports that this conventional view is largely due to the application of conceptual frameworks and statistical conventions that are ill-equipped to capture labour market participation. The contributions in this book offer a variety of methodological lessons for the study of rural labour markets, focusing in particular on the use of mixed methods in micro-level field research, and more emphasis on capturing occupation multiplicity. The emphasis on context, history, and specific configurations of power relations affecting rural labour market outcomes are key and reoccurring features of this book. This analysis will help readers think about policy options to improve the quantity and quality of rural wage employment, their impact on the poorest rural people, and their political feasibility in each context.

Author : Mr. Romain A Duval,Mr. Ippei Shibata
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513584478

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Labor Market Reform Options to Boost Employment in South Africa by Mr. Romain A Duval,Mr. Ippei Shibata Pdf

Raising South Africa’s low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the long term. By putting further strain on an already fragile labor market, Covid-19 has raised the urgency of action. This paper reviews labor market policy and other reform options to enhance South Africa’s job market performance, drawing from international evidence and new analysis. We find much scope for improving the design of key labor market institutions—including collective bargaining and employment protection legislation—and active labor market policies to improve job seekers’ prospects. These reforms should come hand-in-hand with others, such as in the areas of education or product market regulation, that may work pay. Labor market and other reforms would primarily benefit disadvantaged groups such as youth.

Author : Stefano Bellucci,Andreas Eckert
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847012180

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General Labour History of Africa by Stefano Bellucci,Andreas Eckert Pdf

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of work and labour in Africa; a key text for all working on African Studies and Labour History worldwide.