Institutions and Labor Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fox, Louise ; Oviedo, Ana Maria

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCOUNTING;    ADVERSE SELECTION;    AGE CATEGORIES;    AGGREGATE GROWTH;    BUSINESS CYCLE;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-4721
RP-ID  :  WPS4721

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The authors use firm-level survey datafrom the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan Africancountries to explore the links between labor marketregulations and net job creation. A first look at firmcharacteristics, perceptions, and the dynamics of employmentat the firm level suggests that labor regulations are notthe main "binding constraint" on job creation.Other issues seem more important at this level ofdevelopment. The analysis estimates the determinants of netjob creation incorporating the legal origin of the countryas a proxy for regulation. The findings show that, aftercontrolling for other firm-level characteristics, legalorigin is uncorrelated with net job creation in the short run.