Some conceptual and contextual issues onyemaechi joseph onwe1 abstract the major issue of interest in this presentation is the observed current unstable nature of labour management relations in nigeria, resulting in continuous labour. Niger labour market profile 2014 ulandssekretariatet. Doguwa computing unemployment rate using a 40 hours a week benchmark implies. They also conclude that, as a consequence, the impact of labour law in southern africa is both limited and uncertain. Nigerias economic growth has been decelerating since q2 2014 culminating in an economic recession in q2. In the labour market, employers compete to hire the best, and the workers compete for the best satisfying job.
A high rate of gross domestic product gdp may translate in to high employment since labor is a key determinant of production. This indicator aims to capture the share of persons in the labour force protected through a contributory pension scheme with benefits guaranteed but not currently being received. The nigerian labour market like in most other developing countries is characterised by large scale heterogeneity as a consequence of differences in factors affecting earnings and entry into the market. The world bank advocates these factors to upgrade nigerias labour market. Hence, the importance of a stable labour market cannot be overemphasized. Types of labour market theories classical model of labour market theory 8. Pdf the nigerian labour market is fraught with high rate of unemployment and sluggish wage adjustment, not. The major objective of the study was to determine the impact of migration on the nigeria labour market. Productivity and labour management has been of great concern in nigeria. Niger labour market profile 2014 this labour market profile is a yearly updated report that provides a broad overview of the labour markets situation and development.
Nov 02, 2011 aside series of persistent obstacles, shortcomings and problems, nigeria, like every other developing country, is driving towards a stage where it could accommodate a good number of people from the domestic and foreign market just like some advanced countries of the world like france and america. The labour market the market for a factor of production labour measure of work done by human beings explains the functioning and dynamics of the market for labour e. Inefficiency in nigerias labor market essay examples. The impact of migration on the nigeria labour market. Buno18 abstract this paper investigates the determinants of labour market in nigeria arising from the economic transformation in recent years, and how public policy affects in particular labour market outcomes. While policy discussion focuses on the extent of unemployment the unemployment rate, as measured in labour force surveys, is low in nigeria. In her research on informal manufacturers in nigeria, meagher 2006 identifies disinclination among entrepreneurs to trade with people from their home. Folawewo department of economics faculty of the social sciences university of ibadan ibadan, nigeria email. The determinant of labour force participation among women in nigeria has followed due process and has been approved to have met the minimum requirement for the award of the master of science degree in the department of economics, university of nigeria nsukka. Nigeria macroeconomics mm international labour organization.
However, the labour market differs from other markets like the markets for goods or the financial market in several ways. An act to repeal and replace the labour code act and consolidate the law relating to labour. This article investigates female labour force participation flfp in a panel. Labour act, 2003 international labour organization. The human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. The nigerian labour market like in most other developing countries is characterised by large scale heterogeneity as a consequence of differences in. Olanrewaju, phd director generalchief executive, minils. Pdf labour force participation and economic growth in nigeria. The nigerian labour market is fraught with high rate of unemployment and sluggish wage adjustment, not explicitly determined by market forces. Generally, the labour market is made up of two distinct but highly interwoven segments the formal and the informal. Existing policies are outdated and no longer effective in todays dynamic, export oriented economy which requires. Annex a to dutch labour market shortages and potential labour supply from africa and. Oecd ilibrary how technology and globalisation are. Macroeconomic determinants of the labour market in nigeria.
The authors are grateful to pamhidzai bamu, mothepa ndumo and zakeyo mtimtema for their assistance in the drafting and research of this paper. The nigerian experience abstract an active and functioning labour market is important for economic stability and development. The factors they have advised the country to adopt, need to be applied as a way of. Labour market analyses using multiple kilm indicators. A labour market is the place where workers and employees interact with each other. Cameroon and nigeria, which came after decades of slow growth. The world bank advocates these factors to upgrade nigeria. Each country report will provide you with a better understanding and knowledge of the context of human capital and labour in terms of. This is to the extent that informal sector represents an important part of the economy and certainly of the labour market and thus plays a major role in employment creation, production and income generation in nigeria. Problems and prospect of labour management relations in the. Productivity and labour management relations in nigeria. The world bank recently released a report analysing the nigerian labour market and proffering solutions to the several challenges faced by the market. A labour market in an economy functions with demand and supply of labour.
The volume has been put together by a group of leading ilo and nonilo experts seeking to provide nontechnical, but uptodate and robust, insights into key. The findings indicate that nigerias growth over the last decade has been. With 16% of its population born abroad, sweden has one of the larger immigrant populations among the european oecd countries. Each section has also accesses to the sources links that can be used to go more indepth on selected themes. In essence, the human capital and labour research portal provides a onestop solution to analysing labour market and human capital business risks in selected african markets. Job creation is a central part of the policy of almost all african countries. But progress has come to a standstill in most recent years and challenges have emerged along several social and labour market dimensions. This technical seminar proceedings sheds light on the issues involved in the labour market integration of the children of immigrants, and discusses policy answers and good practices. Labour distribution types and factors affecting labour distribution in an economy industrial and occupational distribution of labour 9. It constitutes a significant contribution by michael imoudu national institute for labour studies minils to industrial relations scholarship and labour policy discourse in nigeria. The labour market characteristics and labour market. Labor and capital are the major input determinants of production in the economy.
This report provides an overview of jobs, workers, and employment opportunities in nigeria, using recent household data. Problems and prospect of labour management relations in. Chapter 1 presents a comparative scoreboard of labour market performance that encompasses the quantity and quality of employment, as well as the inclusiveness of the labour market. An act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to labour, employers, trade unions and industrial relations. The problems are particularly acute in nigeria where over the period of the early 2000s there was a substantial decline in the number of private wage jobs.
See below for the abstract, table of contents, list of figures, list of tables, list of appendices, list of abbreviations and chapter one. Pdf this paper has examined empirically the effect of labour force participation on economic growth in nigeria. This paper provides a coherent picture from labor market data and imposes some analytic interpretations on this picture. Institutions, regulatory framework and labour market outcomes in nigeria abiodun o. Employment creation, poverty and the structure of the job. Refers to the demand for labour by employers and the supply of labour provided by potential employees. Nov 25, 2011 the major objective of the study was to determine the impact of migration on the nigeria labour market.
The three major bodies most actively involved in the production of these statistics are nmb, the nbs and the fmlp. We firstly produce a labour market profile of nonirish immigrants who arrived in ireland in the ten years to 2003. Considerable effort has been made to collect, analyse and disseminate nigerias employment and labour statistics. The labour market characteristics and labour market impacts of immigrants in ireland the purpose of this paper is twofold. World employment and social outlook trends 2019 ilo.
The quota allows a company to employ foreign nationals in specifically approved job designations. Understanding the relationship between growth and employment in. Aside series of persistent obstacles, shortcomings and problems, nigeria, like every other developing country, is driving towards a stage where it could accommodate a good number of people from the domestic and foreign market just like some advanced countries of. It provides information about the proportion of the labour force that will receive an old age pension once reaching pensionable age.
Ll labour act a the wages of a worker shall in all contracts be made payable in legal tender and not otherwise. The journal for labour market research is a quarterly journal in the interdisciplinary field of labour market research. Costa rica has recorded many social and economic achievements and currently enjoys one of the highest levels of wellbeing in the oecd. Macroeconomic determinants of the labour market in nigeria emmanuel a. Download the complete education project topic and material chapter 15 titled effect of examination malpractice on nigeria graduate productivity in the labour market crew here on projects. Mozambique labour law english presented by leading labour law expert in mozambique.
Economic and labour market analysis dept economic development. Each section has also accesses to the sources links that can be used to go more in depth on selected themes. Human capital and labour report nigeria pdf ebook compiled by the kr research team. Nigerian labour act provides for minimum notice periods for the termination of an employment contract, redundancy. The nigerian labour market has been experiencing a lot of crisis over the years, giving rise to distortions in economic activity. Article information, pdf download for female labour force. Transitions in a west african labour market iza institute of labor. Niger labour market profile 2014 this labour market profile is a yearly updated report that provides a broad overview of the labour market s situation and development. Selfemployed persons farmers, traders and others accounted for 54. In a country where jobs opportunities are lacking, unattractiveness of agricultural sector of the economy, industrialization is yet to take its full course, high level of institutional corruption and human rights abuses, religious and ethic conflicts, high population growth, wide gap of. Structural transformation and jobless growth in nigeria.
Pdf labour force participation and economic growth in. For this reason, perspectives on labour economics for development is both timely and highly relevant to the needs of governments and other partners around the world. Migration and the labour market in nigeria nahanga verter on. Labour is a commodity that supplied by labourers in exchange for a wage paid by demanding firms. Nigerian labour market is very flexible with skilled, low labor cost level, highly motivated and productive workforce.
Labour markets or job markets function through the interaction of workers and employers. Analyzing the manpower stock and occupational profile of the labour force in nigeria. Findings on the worst forms of child labor nigeria u. Labor market opendata for the national bureau of statistics. Effective labour markets and good country governance are inextricably linked and offer the only sustainable solutions to africas problems and challenges. General provisions as to protection of wages, contracts of employment and terms and conditions of employment. Eduardo chimela, labour market analyst mozambique, representative of the minister labour on the board of directors of the national. Download the main document on the nigerian labour market here.
Participants will join the session remotely, from the comfort of their own offices. In particular, the labour market may act as a nonclearing market. Estimates suggest that about half of the foreignborn population originally came to sweden as refugees or as the family of refugees and sweden has been. We are grateful to the honourable minister of the federal ministry of labour and productivity and the ilo country office for nigeria, ghana, sierra leone, liberia and the. Labour market invest in nigeria industrial renaissance. Human capital and labour report nigeria pdf ebook you are here. Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the markets for wage labour. Nigeria also has a strong tradition of collaboration between universities and privatesector companies, which cooperate on research that often culminates in innovative, prizewinning products. Most of the techniques for data collection reflect international standard practice, especially the questionnaire. While according to neoclassical theory most markets quickly attain a point of equilibrium without excess supply or demand, this may not be true of the.
Problems and prospect of labour management relations in the nigerian oil and gas industry. This is mainly attributable to negative wage trends in egypt and nigeria, two large. On the compilation of labour force statistics for nigeria. In spite of the fact that many economists and business consultants in the human resource institutions have over time, argued that labour relations management is a skilful discipline and stressed on the role of government or organisations in labour. To reduce the unemployment rate, we estimate that employment growth of at least 45% is required. The incidence of high unemployment in nigeria can be attributed to the slow pace of job creation, which has been considerably weaker than labour force growth.
Thus, a brief overview of the nigerian economy is carried out, with emphasis on the characteristics of the productive structure, the export activities and the trends of the nigerian labor market since 1970 can be understood as the outcome of four circumstances. Female labour force participation in african countries. The seminar was organised jointly by the the eu commission and the oecd secretariat in brussels on 1 and 2 october 2009. The total population in nigeria is divided into labour force currently active and. The seminar was organised jointly by the the eu commission and the oecd secretariat in. Key indicators of the labour market ninth edition ilo. Units 2014 q1 2014 q2 2014 q3 2014 q4 2015 q1 2015 q2 2015 q3 2015 q4 2016 q1 2016 q2 2016 q3 2016 q4 2017 q1 2017 q2 2017 q3. Nigerian labour market institutional and regulatory framework the structure of the nigerian labour market is similar to that of any other developing country. Oecd ilibrary equal opportunities the labour market. The data for this study were obtained from the labour force sample survey of 2005, carried out by the defunct national manpower. Identifying labour market related problems militating against effective. How technology and globalisation are transforming the labour. The report is based on the latest data available and following trends.
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