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Agglomeration, Urbanization and Employment Growth in Ghana : Evidence from an Industry-District Panel / Andrew Kerr.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Kerr, Andrew.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agglomeration Economics.
- Deindustrialization.
- Employment.
- Employment and Unemployment.
- General Manufacturing.
- Industrial Economics.
- Industry.
- Informal Economy.
- Labor Markets.
- Manufacturing.
- Population Density.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Urban Development.
- Urban Economics.
- Urbanization.
- Local Subjects:
- Agglomeration Economics.
- Deindustrialization.
- Employment.
- Employment and Unemployment.
- General Manufacturing.
- Industrial Economics.
- Industry.
- Informal Economy.
- Labor Markets.
- Manufacturing.
- Population Density.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Urban Development.
- Urban Economics.
- Urbanization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (27 pages)
- Other Title:
- Agglomeration, Urbanization and Employment Growth in Ghana
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2019.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- In this paper the impact of various agglomerative forces on employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing is investigated, using data from two firm censuses, as well as population census and trade data. The study is the first to use nationally representative firm data that covers the formal and informal economy to investigate the impact of agglomerative forces on employment growth in an African economy. African economies are rapidly urbanizing, but this has not been accompanied by growth in manufacturing. A lack of agglomeration economies is one possible explanation for slow manufacturing growth and the attendant premature deindustrialization. The paper follows Combes (2000) in examining the importance of agglomeration economies on employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing, finding that there is no evidence that population density is associated with faster employment growth. Other agglomeration economies do seem to play a role, although not always in the manner anticipated.
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