Imported technology and manufacturing employment in Ethiopia

Haile, Getinet; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco

Abstract

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 GMM-SYS 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.

Citation

Haile, G., Srour, I., & Vivarelli, M. (2017). Imported technology and manufacturing employment in Ethiopia. Eurasian Business Review, 7(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-016-0051-7

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 24, 2016
• Online Publication Date: May 17, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 13, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 13, 2016
• Journal: Eurasian Business Review
• Print ISSN: 1309-4297
• Electronic ISSN: 2147-4281
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-23
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40821-016-0051-7
• Keywords: Employment, Skills, Globalization, FDI, Trade, Technological change, Ethiopia
• Public URL: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/37515
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40821-016-0051-7
• Copyright Statement: Copyright information regarding this work can be found at the following address: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0