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Farayibi, Adesoji O.; Folarin, Oludele - 2021

human capital development indicators in the region. (ii) There is a need to enhance government institutions' capacity to …

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The determinants of unemployment rate in developing economies : does banking system credit matter?

Azolibe, Chukwuebuka Bernard; Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; … - 2022

increase the level of employment and economic growth. There has being a rising trend in unemployment rate in Nigeria and South … Africa and hence, the need for the study to assess the effectiveness of banking system credit in curbing unemployment rate by … relationship between the variables. The major findings revealed that banking system credit matters in curbing unemployment rate in …

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Promoting female economic inclusion for tax performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Adegboye, Alex; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020

This study explores whether female economic inclusion enhances tax performance in a sample of 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2000 to 2018. The study's empirical evidence is based on the generalized method of moments in order to account for endogeneity concerns. Three tax performance...

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Inequality and female labour force participation in West Africa

Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Nwodo, Ozoemena S.; … - 2020

inequality. For robustness, the study also utilises female employment and female unemployment as measures of female labour force … African region. The study however revealed an inverted U-shaped relationship between inequality and female unemployment …

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Relative contribution of child labour to household farm and non-farm income in Ghana : simulation with child's education

Koomson, Isaac; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

Child labourers play an integral role in households' income diversification process by contributing to farm and non-farm incomes but policies, including that of the ILO have focused largely on eliminating child labour from the agricultural sector through education. This study sought to ascertain...

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A review of Covid-19 and employment implications : evidence from human resource management

Asongu, Simplice; Rahman, Mushfiqur - 2022

The study complements the extant literature by using a process tracing technique to assess how theoretical and textual insights into employee adjustments and wellbeing in the period of the Covid-19 pandemic withstand analytical scrutiny within the frameworks human resource management (HRM) and...

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Employment security and workers' moonlighting behaviour in Ghana

Nunoo, Jacob; Darfor, Kwabena Nkansah; Koomson, Isaac; … - 2016

Purpose - This study sets out to determine the effect of employment security on moonlighting in Ghana as a means to inform policy on enforcing issues of employment security. Design/methodology/approach – The paper follows the work of Shishko and Rostker (1976) in using the GLSS6 data by...

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Effect of informal employment on overeducation in developing countries with a focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Mosengo, Cédrick Kalemasi; Zamo Akono, Christian Marie - 2024

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of informal employment on the occurrence of overeducation in developing countries, focusing on the specific case of the DRC. Using employment data, we determine the incidence of overeducation and we isolate the role of informal employment as a...

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Impact of employment support programs on the quality of youth employment: evidence from senegal's internship program

Tsambou, André Dumas; Diallo, Thierno Malick; Fomba … - 2023

Youth unemployment is major policy concern in Senegal. The country has in recent years, implemented several programs to … combat unemployment and the precariousness of youth employment in the labor market. However, the results of these programs …

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Bundling governance : finance versus institutions in private investment promotion

Asongu, Simplice A.; Batuo, Enowbi; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015

Purpose - The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by … institutions to promote investment on the one hand and fighting financial allocation inefficiency by mitigating surplus liquidity … issues on the other hand. Originality/value - The paper extends the debate on the substitution of finance and institutions in …

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