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The effects of innovation on the quantity and quality of jobs: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa.
In: Innovation & Development, Jg. 14 (2024-04-01), Heft 1, S. 165-187
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Technological innovation is widely considered a primary source of economic growth and policies to encourage firm-level innovation remain key, even though its impact on employment remains indeterminate. Using the World Bank Enterprise survey on a sample of enterprises across sub-Saharan Africa, specifically Ghana, Kenya and Zambia, this study investigates: first, the effect of innovation on employment; second, the relationship between innovation and quality of employment and lastly, whether the type of innovation is important in isolating the effect of innovation on employment in sub-Saharan Africa. The results indicate that innovation has employment-enhancing effects in the subregion. In addition, novelty in product innovation is a more important source of employment for the firms in sub-Saharan Africa. In terms of innovation and the quality of employment, this study finds that process innovation is associated with a change in the labour composition mix in favour of unskilled workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The effects of innovation on the quantity and quality of jobs: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla ; Quartey, Peter ; Adu-Danso, Emmanuel |
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Zeitschrift: | Innovation & Development, Jg. 14 (2024-04-01), Heft 1, S. 165-187 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 2157-930X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1080/2157930X.2022.2116784 |
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