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dc.contributor.authorMawejje, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorOkumu, Ibrahim Mike
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-23T06:27:03Z
dc.date.available2019-05-23T06:27:03Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.identifier.citationMawejje, J., & Okumu, I. M. (2018). Wages and Labour Productivity in African Manufacturing. African Development Review, 30(4), 386-398.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12346
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8268.12346
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/7296
dc.description.abstractWe examine the relationship between labour productivity and wages using a sample of manufacturing firms in 39 African countries. The analysis is based on the World Bank’s enterprise survey data. Controlling for regressor endogeneity and country fixed effects, our main finding is that wages reflect labour productivity and worker skills. In addition, the adoption of management quality standards, foreign ownership, and location in the capital city are all positively associated with wages. Female workers and adverse business environments characterized by electricity outages and bribery are negatively associated with wages. These findings are robust to inclusion of control variables, alternative measures of labour productivity, and exclusion of firms located in upper middle income countries and North Africa.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.subjectWagesen_US
dc.subjectLabour productivityen_US
dc.subjectAfrican manufacturingen_US
dc.titleWages and Labour Productivity in African Manufacturingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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