Why Do Employment Policies Fail to Reduce Unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa? Looking towards the brain drain

Manuela Komguep () and Luc Nembot ()
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Manuela Komguep: University of Dschang, Cameroon
Luc Nembot: University of Dschang, Cameroon

Economics Bulletin, 2021, vol. 41, issue 2, 615-633

Abstract: This paper aims to determine the effect of employment policies on unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa, controlling for the brain drain. The Generalized Method Moment (GMM) is used to assess the direct and joint impact of employment policies and brain drain on unemployment, over the period from 1990 to 2010, on a sample of 17 Sub-Saharan (SSA) countries. The results show that, separately, employment policies and brain significantly contribute to reducing the level of unemployment with a more pronounced effect. Conversely, the study finds that the interaction between employment policies and the brain drain positively impacts the level of unemployment. Thus, policy-makers in SSA should consider reducing the brain drain so that employment policies can fully play their role in reducing unemployment.

Keywords: Unemployment; Employment policies; brain drain; GMM; SSA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J2 J6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-04-09
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