Creating jobs, developing skills
A permanent job with a decent salary is an effective way out of poverty. How to boost growth in the labour market should thus be an essential question for policy makers.
Existing research and knowledge can help policy makers in choosing the best way forward. In close cooperation with our partners in Ethiopia, Nepal and Tanzania we have created this platform to highlight important policy challenges and show how research best can be utilised to solve them.
The network focuses on three types of policy issues:
Creation of new jobs
- What is the government and donor role in job creation?
- How can a country secure a balanced transition out of agriculture?
- Balanced growth in both urban and rural areas
- Inclusive growth with permanent jobs also for low-skilled workers
- Impact of labor market programs
- How getting a job changes a life
Well functioning labor markets
- Access to jobs for the poor and marginalized, including women
- Minimize the economic and social costs of labor migration
Improved competence for workers
- How can the productivity of subsistence farmers be improved?
- How can the incomes of labor migrants be improved?
- The effect of different types of skill training and supplemental programs
LATEST
Book | 2016
Industrial Clustering, Firm Performance and Employee Welfare: Evidence from the Shoe and Flower Cluster in Ethiopia
Journal Article | 2019
Active private sector development policies revisited: Impacts of the Ethiopian industrial cluster policy
Journal Article | 2018
Labour-Intensive Jobs for Women and Development: Intra-household Welfare Effects and Its Transmission Channels
Publications
- Tigabu Degu Getahun
Books 
Journals 
Working papers 
Research reports 
Discussion papers 
Policy briefs 
Baseline survey report
Books , Journals, Working Papers, Policy Briefs, Research Reports, Survey Report, Discussion Papers
PEOPLE
Tigabu Degu
Espen Villanger
Magnus Hatlebakk
PROJECT LEADER
Tigabu Degu Getahun (Ph.D)
tigyget14@gmail.com
tigyget14@gmail.com
TIMEFRAME:
Jun 2021 - May 2025
FUNDER:
Research Council of Norway
Publications
| No | Title of publication | Authors | Type | Publisher | Year | Link to the publication |
| 1 | Industrial clustering, Firm Performance and Employee welfare: Evidence from the shoe and flower cluster in Ethiopia |
Tigabu Degu Getahun | Books | Peter lange | 2017 | https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Clustering-Performance-Employee-Welfare/dp/3631667442 |
| 2 | Conflict or cooperation? Experimental evidence on intra-household allocations in Ethiopia |
Bjorvatn, Kjetil & Getahun, Tigabu Degu & Halvorsen, Sandra Kristine |
Journal | Elsevier, | 2020 | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221480431930103X |
| 3 | The effect of power outage on micro and small enterprise productivity: Evidence from Urban Ethiopia |
Tigabu Degu and Sied Hassen | Journal | 2021 | https://eea-et.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-Effect-of-Power-Outage-on-Micro-and-Small-Enterprise-Productivity.pdf | |
| 4 | Labour-intensive jobs for women and development: Intra-household welfare effects and its transmission channels. Journal of Development Studies |
Getahun, T.D. and E. Villanger (2018 | Journal | 2018 | https://ideas.repec.org/p/chm/wpaper/wp2015-15.html | |
| 5 | Active Private Sector Development Policies Revisited: Impacts of the Ethiopian Industrial Cluster Policy |
Getahun, T.D. and E. Villanger | Journal | 2020 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220388.2018.1443211 | |
| 6 | The Effect of Power Outage on Micro and Small Enterprises Productivity: Evidence from Urban Ethiopia |
Tigabu Degu ,& Seid Hassen | Journal | 2020 | ||
| 7 | Can the agro-processing sector create jobs in Africa? Evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia, ZEF |
Zaneta Kubic , Tigabu Getahun, Rose Omari and Meriem Oueslati Zlaoui |
Working Paper | ZEF | Jul-22 | https://research4agrinnovation.org/publication/agroprocessing/ |
| 8 | Does Wealth Reduce Support for Redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian Housing Lottery |
Andersen, Asbjørn G; Franklin, Simon; Tigabu ,Getahun; Kotsadam, Andreas; Somville, Vincent; Villanger, Espen |
Working Paper | 2020 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3694901 | |
| 9 | What drives productivity change in the manufacturing sector? Evidence from the metalworking industry in Ethiopia |
Girum Abebe, Tigabu Degu, and Gebrehiwot Ageba | Working Paper | EDRI | 2018 | https://ideas.repec.org/p/etd/wpaper/020.html |
| 10 | Labor-intensive jobs for women and development: Intra-household welfare effects and its transmission channels |
Tigabu Degu Getahun & Espen Villanger | Working Paper | CMI | 2016 | https://open.cmi.no/cmi-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2475134/Labor-intensive%20jobs%20for%20women%20and%20development:%20Intrahousehold%20welfare%20effects%20and%20its%20transmission%20channels?sequence=1 |
| 11 | Households’ Attitudes Towards School Reopening during COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Evidence from Phone Surveys, COVID-19-20109-ETH-1 |
Daniel Agness, Pascaline Dupas, Marcel Fafchamps, Tigabu Getahun and Eva Lestant,2020 |
Working Paper | Stanford | Apr-21 | https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Abebe-et-al-February-2021-Policy-brief.pdf |
| 12 | Identifying dynamic and constrained entrepreneurs in low income countries: evidence from Ethiopia |
Girum Abebe, Tigabu Degu , Berihu Assefa, and Mulu Gebreyesus | Working Paper | EDRI | 2018 | file:///C:/Users/Admin/Downloads/EDRI_WP023_Identifying_dynamic_constrained_entrepreneurs%20_n_.pdf |
| 13 | Households’ attitudes towards schools reopening during COVID-19 in Ethiopia Evidence from phone surveys |
Girum Abebe, Daniel Agness, Pascaline Dupas, Marcel Fafchamps, Tigabu Getahun, and Eva Lestant,2020 |
Policy brief | Stanford | Feb-21 | https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Abebe-et-al-February-2021-Policy-brief.pdf |
| 14 | Resilience of Africa’s Food and Beverage Manufacturing Sector. Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic (en) |
Baumüller, H., Kubik, Z., Dallimore, A., Getahun, T. & Velia, M ,2021 |
Policy Brief | ZEF | 2021 | |
| 15 | The role of information, accountability and resource gaps in explaining poor urban services quality in Addis Ababa and its rapidly urbanizing surroundings |
Abebe Tefera, Girum, Daniel Agness, Tigabu Degu Getahun, Pascaline Dupas 2019 |
Research Report | MIT | 2019 | https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/role-information-accountability-and-resource-gaps-explaining-poor-urban-services-quality?lang=en |
| 16 | Employment Potential of the Agro-processing Manufacturing Sector in Ethiopia |
Tigabu D. G and Gebeyehu M.F | Research Report | FARA | 2020 | https://research4agrinnovation.org/publication/employment-potential-of-the-agro-processing-manufacturing-sector-in-ethiopia/ |
| 17 | Enhancement of Employment and Income Opportunities for Rural Youth in Ethiopia: A Review of Four Large Youth Employment Initiatives |
Tigabu D. G and Gebeyehu M. F | Research Report | FARA | 2020 | https://research4agrinnovation.org/publication/ethiopia-employment-initiatives/ |
| 18 | Manufacturing Competitiveness in Ethiopia: Developments, Challenges and Prospects |
Tigabu D. Getahun, Gebrehiwot A. Kebedew, Balineau Gaëlle and Fikru D | Research Report | EDRI | 2018 | https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Manufacturing-Competitiveness-in-Ethiopia%3A-and-Getahun-Kebedew/ea2b4876cdd963023a3cda212a5d0c45edaae164 |
| 19 | Evaluation of Modern Agricultural Technologies Adoption and Impact of Adoption on Productivity |
Feiruz Yimer, Kibrewossen Abay and Tigabu Degu | Research Report | ZEF | 2019 | https://library.faraafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FRR-Volume-4-No-3_2019-Evaluation-of-Modern-Agricultural-Technologies-Adoption-and-Impact-of-Adoption-on-Productivity.pdf |
| 20 | Innovation Opportunities for Wheat and Faba Bean Value Chains in Ethiopia |
Degye Goshu, Tigabu Degu and Fatunbi Oluwole | Research Report | ZEF | 2019 | https://research4agrinnovation.org/publication/fara-v4-n5/ |
| 21 | Adoption of Technologies and Crop Productivity in Ethiopia: The Role of Agricultural Information |
Getachew Ahmed and Tigabu Degu | Research Reports | ZEF | 2019 | https://www.ctc-n.org/sites/www.ctc-n.org/files/resources/crop_productivity_in_ethiopia.pdf |
| 22 | Urban Development in Africa: Preliminary Report on the Addis Ababa SEDRI | Pascaline Dupas, Marcel Fafchamps, Girum Abebe, Daniel Agness Tigabu Getahun Deivy Houeix |
Research Report | Stanford | 2018 | :///C:/Users/lenovo/Downloads/AUDRI_Addis.pdf. |
| 23 | Enhancing youth employment opportunities in rural economies in Ethiopia |
Tigabu D. G and Gebeyehu M.F., | Research Report | FARA | 2020 | https://research4agrinnovation.org/publication/youth-opportunities-ethiopia/ |
| 24 | Agricultural Extension Service and Technology Adoption for Food and Nutrition Security: Evidence from Ethiopia |
Tigabu D. G., Gebeyehu M. F | Research Report | ZEF | 2018 | https://research4agrinnovation.org/publication/ffr2_4/ |
| 25 | The Effect of Industrial Cluster Policy on Firm Performance in Ethiopia: Evidence from the Leather Footwear Cluster |
Tigabu Degu | Discussion Papers | ZEF | 2016 | |
| 26 | Determinants of Participation in Rural Non-Farm Activities and Its Effects on Food Shortage, Relative Deprivation and Diet Diversity, ZEF |
Tigabu Getahun and Gebeyehu Fetene | Discussion Papers | ZEF | Jan-22 | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/319328 |
| 27 | The Nexus of Production Diversity, Market Participation and Dietary Diversity: Insights from Ethiopia, ZEF |
Tigabu Getahun and Gebeyehu Fetene, | Discussion Papers | ZEF | Dec-21 | https://research4agrinnovation.org/publication/production-market-ethiopia/ |
| 28 | From agricultural to economic growth: Targeting investments across Africa |
Tigabu Getahun, Heike Baumüller, and Yalemzewd Nigussie | Discussion Papers | ZEF | Mar-18 | https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3160555 |
| 29 | Main Features of Micro and Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Ethiopia |
Gebreyesus, Tigabu Getahun etal | Baseline survey report | EDRI | 2018 | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326914827_Main_Features_of_Micro_and_Small_Manufacturing_Enterprises_in_Ethiopia |