Paper Title :Private Investment and Labour Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author :Samuel Kwakuagyei, Anthony Q.Q. Aboagye, Kofi Osei, Lord Mensah
Article Citation :Samuel Kwakuagyei ,Anthony Q.Q. Aboagye ,Kofi Osei ,Lord Mensah ,
(2018 ) " Private Investment and Labour Demand in Sub-Saharan Africa " ,
International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) ,
pp. 90-97,
Volume-4,Issue-1
Abstract : This paper assesses whether employment generation (total, male, female and youth) is part of the benefits that
Sub Saharan African (SSA) economies get from private investment. We estimated a derived neoclassical model that allows
for the inclusion of private investment, real labour cost, human capital and public investment. The results, based on
Arellano-Bond dynamic panel estimation, indicate that while private investment has a substitutive effect on employment
(total, male and female), public investment compliments employment. Also, real wage rate and human capital have
significantly negative relationships with labour demand. Meanwhile the result on the youth employment effect of private
investment is inconclusive. Thus, it is suggested that employment incentives policies should be offered to private investors
while measures to sustain public investment are undertaken.
Keywords - Private Investment, Labour Demand, Dynamic Panel Methodology, SSA
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-4,Issue-1
DOIONLINE NO - IJMAS-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-10780
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