1st Edition

The Industrial Labor Market And Economic Performance In Senegal A Study In Enterprise Ownership, Export Orientation, And Government Regulations

By Katherine Terrell, Jan Svejnar Copyright 1990
    129 Pages
    by Routledge

    142 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines Senegal's industrial labor market and relates its principal features, together with the structure of enterprise ownership and government policies, to the country's economic performance. It explores the relationship between industrial wages and the size of the extended family.

    Foreword -- Introduction -- The Economic Performance of Senegal, 1960 – 1987 -- Labor Market Institutions and the Industrial Relations System -- Basic Demographic, Employment, and Wage Statistics -- Labor Market Regulations, Industrial Relations, and Enterprise Performance -- The Productivity Effects of Labor Force Structure, Enterprise Ownership, and Foreign Trade Variables -- Econometric Estimates of the Determinants of Wages -- Industrial Wages and the Extended Family -- Summary and Policy Implications

    Biography

    Katherine Terrell, Jan Svejnar