Author: Abiodun O. Folawewo & Adeniyi Jimmy AdedokunYear:2012Abstract: This study examines empirically via two channels the impact of real exchange rate on sectoral employment in Nigeria between 1970 and 2010. The study focuses on three main sectors of the economy agriculture, manufact...
Author: Peter Siyan, Anthony Emmanuel Hassan & Isa Nurudeen MohammedYear:2012Abstract: The main objective of this study is to investigate the role the level of development of some infrastructure has played in promoting job creation and economic growth, employing the ordinary least squa...
Author: Salamatu Idris IsahYear:2012Abstract: With a minimum wage increase in Nigeria recently, the unemployment rate has increased from 19.7 percent in 2009 to 21.1 percent in 2010. The efforts of the government to upgrade the skills, confidence and experience of the unemployed appear to ...
Author: A.T. Yakubu, H.I. Mobolaji, G.T. Ijaiya A.A. Kilishi and A.M. YaruYear:2012Abstract: The ability of the formal sector (public and organized private sectors) in Nigeria to generate employment and provide means of livelihood has been truncated by the economic crisis that dates back t...
Author: Terhemen Philip Abachi & Naomi Onyeje DokiYear:2012Abstract: Labour theory classifies unemployment by its causes. One of them is that unemployment could be frictional. The search theory of unemployment is applied to analyze frictional unemploymentresulting from “job huntingâ€...
Author: T. A. EgunjobiYear:2012Abstract: The majority of Nigerians live in poverty. Many do not have sufficient income to guarantee good food, water, shelter, medical care and schooling. Given the nation’s rich endowment of natural resources, its poverty profile presents a picture of a r...
Author: Christiana E.E. OkojieVolume: 52 Issue No:2 Year:2010Abstract: Gender is one of four cross-cutting or mainstreaming areas, along with education, human resources development, environment and poverty that are critical for development planning. Given that a key objectiv...
Author: Oka ObonoVolume: 52 Issue No:2 Year:2010Abstract: Most of the time, social scientists talk to people they know will largely agree withthem. Rarely do they try talking to others who start from very differentassumptions, or who use fundamentally different methods. This...