Agglomeration, Urbanization and Employment Growth in Ghana : Evidence from an Industry-District Panel
In this paper the impact of various agglomerative forces on employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing is investigated, using data from two firm censuses, as well as population census and trade data. The study is the first to use nationally repres...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/863921563818957240/Agglomeration-Urbanization-and-Employment-growth-in-Ghana-Evidence-from-an-industry-district-panel http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32130 |
| Summary: | In this paper the impact of various
agglomerative forces on employment growth in Ghanaian
manufacturing is investigated, using data from two firm
censuses, as well as population census and trade data. The
study is the first to use nationally representative firm
data that covers the formal and informal economy to
investigate the impact of agglomerative forces on employment
growth in an African economy. African economies are rapidly
urbanizing, but this has not been accompanied by growth in
manufacturing. A lack of agglomeration economies is one
possible explanation for slow manufacturing growth and the
attendant premature deindustrialization. The paper follows
Combes (2000) in examining the importance of agglomeration
economies on employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing,
finding that there is no evidence that population density is
associated with faster employment growth. Other
agglomeration economies do seem to play a role, although not
always in the manner anticipated. |
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