How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs?

This paper reviews city-based industrialization across Ethiopia to understand (a) its importance in driving net job creation, and (b) the factors that determine the success of high-growth industries and cities. The focus of the analysis is on firms...

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Main Author:	Mukim, Megha
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	jobs agglomeration industrialization urban development cities job creation business environment infrastructure firm life-cycle
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26872353/cities-ethiopia-create-jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25311

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spelling	okr-10986-253112021-04-23T14:04:29Z How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs? Mukim, Megha jobs agglomeration industrialization urban development cities job creation business environment infrastructure firm life-cycle This paper reviews city-based industrialization across Ethiopia to understand (a) its importance in driving net job creation, and (b) the factors that determine the success of high-growth industries and cities. The focus of the analysis is on firms, industries, and cities in Ethiopia that create and sustain jobs. The analysis finds that much of new job creation is found in emerging cities, although capital intensity in production is also increasing. As in other countries, 97 percent of new jobs are created by large firms, and it is incumbents and not new entrants that contribute to initial and sustained increases in employment. Agglomeration economies, better business environment, and access to better infrastructure are factors that matter, albeit differently, depending on firms' size, life-cycle, and rate of growth. 2016-11-01T18:50:47Z 2016-11-01T18:50:47Z 2016-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26872353/cities-ethiopia-create-jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25311 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7866 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ethiopia
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description	This paper reviews city-based industrialization across Ethiopia to understand (a) its importance in driving net job creation, and (b) the factors that determine the success of high-growth industries and cities. The focus of the analysis is on firms, industries, and cities in Ethiopia that create and sustain jobs. The analysis finds that much of new job creation is found in emerging cities, although capital intensity in production is also increasing. As in other countries, 97 percent of new jobs are created by large firms, and it is incumbents and not new entrants that contribute to initial and sustained increases in employment. Agglomeration economies, better business environment, and access to better infrastructure are factors that matter, albeit differently, depending on firms' size, life-cycle, and rate of growth.
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author	Mukim, Megha
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title	How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs?
title_short	How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs?
title_full	How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs?
title_fullStr	How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs?
title_full_unstemmed	How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs?
title_sort	how do cities in ethiopia create jobs?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26872353/cities-ethiopia-create-jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25311
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How Do Cities in Ethiopia Create Jobs?

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