Wages and Employment in Africa

by Dipak Mazumdar, Ata Mazaheri

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138728011
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/16/2019
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 8.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dipak Mazumdar, Ata Mazaheri

Table of Contents

1. List of Tables 2. List of Figures 3. Labor Market Institutions in Africa

Editorial Reviews

In a selective treatment of some aspects of employment and labor markets in sub-Saharan Africa, scholars from the University of Toronto consider not only people working for wages, but also those pursuing their livelihood through self-employment in the agricultural, service, and informal manufacturing sectors. They point out that the formal sector<-->jobs in government and private enterprise<-->represents only a small part of the economy, but a much more important proportion of the monetized part of the gross domestic product. Mazumdar began the study as a labor specialist in the Office of the Chief Economist of the African Region of the World Bank. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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