Understanding the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria

Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhena T. Jerome, David Nabena and Olufunke Alaba

No wp-2015-124, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country's paradox of high economic growth alongside rising poverty and inequality. The methodology adopted is the Shapley decomposition approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that Nigeria's growth over the last decade has been 'jobless' and sustained largely by factor reallocations rather than productivity enhancement.

Keywords: Economic growth; Labour market; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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