Wages and Employment in Africa (Making of Modern Africa)

Analyzing labour market trends in sub-Saharan Africa over the last three decades, this engaging volume employs data collated from the International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and World Bank (the RPED Surveys). It examines the economics of the labour market against the persistent decline in real wages over some twenty years in many of these countries. Setting the African story against the background of wage-employment trends in other regions of the world, the author proceeds to examine the impact of this decline on the rural-urban earnings gap. The consequences of the declining wage levels on the lifetime earnings of workers and on trends in labour productivity are then discussed followed by a detailed analysis of the employment and wage structure in African manufacturing firms.Unique in its field, this scholarly work will appeal to academic institutions world-wide, as well as to policy makers and other professionals interested in developing countries in general and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular.Dipak Mazumdar is the author of 'Wages and Employment in Africa (Making of Modern Africa)' with ISBN 9780754619116 and ISBN 0754619117.