Structural Change, Productivity Growth and Labour Market Turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa
| Autor: | Emmanuel Mensah, Solomon Owusu, Neil Foster-McGregor, Adam Szirmai |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, RS: GSBE MGSoG |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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DYNAMICS
Economics and Econometrics Manufacturing and Service Industries Labor Force and Employment Comparative Studies of Countries CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES Development INDUSTRY Size Structural change j21 - Labor Force and Employment Size and Structure o57 - Comparative Studies of Countries Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development o41 - One Two productivity growth Industrialization Choice of Technology labour market turbulence and Structure TRANSFORMATION and Multisector Growth Models j21 - Labor Force and Employment o43 - Institutions and Growth One o11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development Institutions and Growth o41 - One Two and Multisector Growth Models |
| Zdroj: | Journal of African Economies. Oxford University Press Journal of African Economies, 32(3), 175-208. Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 0963-8024 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jae/ejac010 |
| Popis: | This paper presents a shift-share decomposition of the role of structural change in driving labour productivity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper further examines the effect that the observed structural change has had upon the dynamics of labour markets in SSA. The analysis is based on a newly constructed dataset, the Extended Africa Sector Database. This database updates and extends the Africa Sector Database of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre. It includes eighteen countries covering the period 1960–2015. Overall, the database shows that productivity growth has been slow, with large and persistent sectoral productivity gaps present. The extent of structural change has been higher than that observed in previous studies, however. But while the share of employment and value added in agriculture has declined, resources have been pulled into certain service sectors that have relatively low productivity, thus limiting aggregate productivity improvements. The general direction of structural change has not been towards the most productive sectors. Results of the labour market analysis complement this analysis, providing suggestive evidence of a role for labour market institutional arrangements in many SSA countries in affecting these outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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