drivers of FDI in food and agriculture sector in Africa. More specifically, population size consistently has a significant …) in the African food and agriculture sector in the last 15 years? (2) What are the drivers of FDI in the African food and … agriculture sector? (3) What is the evidence on the impacts of private-sector investments in the African food and agriculture …

This report provides a descriptive analysis of youth entrepreneurs in agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on … food products with and without transformation. The businesses are micro to small in size, with on average three paid … employees, excluding the owner, but nevertheless offer a non-negligible employment creation potential at the aggregate level. In …

, the region has become increasingly dependent on GSCs for employment despite some short periods of sharp volatility and … productivity, it also shows that a positive relationship between increased GSC participation and greater wage employment, high …-skill employment, and female employment was limited to specific sectors. Several policies could strengthen the links between GSCs and …

model of occupational age structure, its determinants and their impact on employment and re-employment opportunities for … show firstly that education, skills, training requirements and the compensation structure affect employment and re-employment … exert a clear-cut influence on employment and re-employment at older ages. Our findings suggest that future labor market …

-19 crisis on work (including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work) and income, as well as heterogeneity by … employment of respondents who were working before the pandemic and analyze individual level indicators of job loss and re-employment …

temporary severing of employment relationships followed by a phase of more standard labour market search and matching, we use … stock and flow data to understand key developments. We find dramatic changes in employment, unemployment and labour market …

and present empirical evidence of heterogeneity in the response to the NPIs with those in the local employment being the …

COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We … document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment … rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work …

difficulties maintaining worker health and productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine employment status changes of … pandemic significantly reduced the probability of continued active employment for previous workers in both food manufacturing … market is a strong and significant factor. The employment changes are not just due to unemployment during facility closures …