Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/155278 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 16
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Maastricht
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 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.
Subjects: 
Employment
skills
globalization
FDI
trade
technological change
Ethiopia
JEL: 
J21
O33
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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