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The impact of public employment on labour market performance: evidence from African countries

The impact of public employment on labour market performance: evidence from African countries
The impact of public employment on labour market performance: evidence from African countries
Using census data for Ghana, Mali and Mozambique, we study the long-term impact of public sector employment on local labour markets. We find that the public sector crowds out private employment and induces skilled workers to queue for a public job, thus increasing their unemployment rate. In addition, a growing public sector fosters employment in the tradable and nontradable sectors, remarkably for the unskilled, and the reallocation of unskilled workers away from agriculture.
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Ranzani, Marco
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Tuccio, Michele
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Ranzani, Marco
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Tuccio, Michele
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Ranzani, Marco and Tuccio, Michele (2016) The impact of public employment on labour market performance: evidence from African countries. Applied Economics Letters, 1-4. (doi:10.1080/13504851.2016.1184370).

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Using census data for Ghana, Mali and Mozambique, we study the long-term impact of public sector employment on local labour markets. We find that the public sector crowds out private employment and induces skilled workers to queue for a public job, thus increasing their unemployment rate. In addition, a growing public sector fosters employment in the tradable and nontradable sectors, remarkably for the unskilled, and the reallocation of unskilled workers away from agriculture.

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Accepted/In Press date: 21 April 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 May 2016
Organisations: Economics

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Local EPrints ID: 398879
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/398879
DOI: doi:10.1080/13504851.2016.1184370
ISSN: 1350-4851
PURE UUID: 68ec0752-c946-46d2-a981-95c3303795a0

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Date deposited: 04 Aug 2016 09:19
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:46

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Author: Marco Ranzani
Author: Michele Tuccio

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