Globalization, Technological Change and Skills: Evidence from Ethiopia

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There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change over employment in least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization and consequent international technological transfer. Using a panel of 1,940 Ethiopian firms over the period 1996–2004 and deploying GMMSYS estimates, this paper aims to establish the role played by trade, FDI and technology in affecting employment and skills. The results obtained lend support to a labour–augmenting effect. Moreover, the implemented two-equation dynamic framework provides evidence of a skill-bias specific to those enterprises with higher share of foreign ownership and located in the vicinity of the capital city.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 16

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: Employment ; skills ; globalization ; FDI ; trade ; technological change ; Ethiopia

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Haile, Getinet ; Srour, Ilina ; Vivarelli, Marco
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Maastricht
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/155278
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET