Are Skills Rewarded in Sub-Saharan Africa? Determinants of Wages and Productivity in the Manufacturing Sector

Using recent matched employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, the authors analyze how the supply of skills and legal origin of the country affect the wage setting process. The wage analysis yields th...

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Main Authors:	Fox, Louise, Oviedo, Ana Maria
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCOUNTING ACCURATE ESTIMATES AGE CATEGORIES AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGE-EARNINGS AGE-EARNINGS PROFILES ANNUAL LABOR COST ANNUAL WAGE ANNUAL WAGES ASSESSING LABOR MARKET AVERAGE EDUCATION LEVEL BANKRUPTCY BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BRAIN DRAIN CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTRIBUTION COST OF LABOR COST OF LIVING COUNTRY COMPARISONS CURRENCY UNITS EARLY RETIREMENT EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL DISTRIBUTION EFFICIENCY WAGES EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FEMALE WORKER FEMALE WORKERS FIRING COSTS FIRM LEVEL FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEY FIRM SURVEYS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN WORKERS HIGH WAGE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INDUSTRY WAGE INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB SECURITY LABOR COSTS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MANAGEMENT LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR STATISTICS LARGE FIRM LARGE FIRMS LATIN AMERICAN LEATHER INDUSTRY LIVING COSTS LOCAL CURRENCY MIDDLE EAST MINIMUM WAGES MOTIVATION NOMINAL WAGES NORTH AFRICA OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PAID WORKERS PERMANENT WORKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY PREVIOUS SECTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION WORKER PRODUCTION WORKERS PRODUCTIVITIES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL PUBLIC PENSIONS PUBLIC SERVICE QUESTIONNAIRE RATES OF RETURN REGRESSION ANALYSIS RENTS SALARIES SALES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SENIOR SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SKILL SHORTAGE SKILL SHORTAGES SKILLED LABOR STOCKS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAXATION TEACHERS TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WORKER TRADE UNION UNION DENSITY UNION MEMBERSHIP UNION MEMBERSHIP RATES UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNSKILLED WORKER UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUABLE VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE BILL WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE EFFECT WAGE GAPS WAGE INCREASE WAGE PREMIUM WAGE STRUCTURE WORKER WORTH YOUNG WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9755051/skills-rewarded-sub-saharan-africa-determinants-wages-productivity-manufacturing-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6811

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9755051/skills-rewarded-sub-saharan-africa-determinants-wages-productivity-manufacturing-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6811

Are Skills Rewarded in Sub-Saharan Africa? Determinants of Wages and Productivity in the Manufacturing Sector

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