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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
by Tigabu Degu Getahun (Author)
©2016Thesis235 Pages

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

Books , Journals, Working Papers, Policy Briefs, Research Reports, Survey Report, Discussion Papers
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

Enhancing youth employment opportunities in rural economies in Ethiopia|Tigabu D. G and Gebeyehu M.F., |Research Report |FARA|2020

Agricultural Extension Service and Technology Adoption for Food andNutrition Security: Evidence from Ethiopia|Tigabu D. G., Gebeyehu M. F|Research Report |ZEF|2018

The role of information, accountability and resource gaps inexplaining 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

Employment Potential of the Agro-processing  Manufacturing Sector in Ethiopia|Tigabu D. G and Gebeyehu M.F|Research Report |FARA|2020

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

Manufacturing Competitiveness in Ethiopia: Developments, Challenges and Prospects|Tigabu D. Getahun, Gebrehiwot A. Kebedew, Balineau Gaëlle and Fikru D |Research Report |EDRI|2018

Evaluation of Modern Agricultural Technologies Adoption and Impact of Adoption on Productivity|Feiruz Yimer, Kibrewossen  Abay and Tigabu Degu|Research Report |ZEF|2019

Innovation Opportunities for Wheat and Faba Bean Value Chains in Ethiopia|Degye Goshu, Tigabu Degu and Fatunbi Oluwole|Research Report |ZEF|2019

Adoption of Technologies and Crop Productivity in Ethiopia: The Role of Agricultural Information|Getachew Ahmed and Tigabu Degu|Research Reports |ZEF|2019

 

PEOPLE

Tigabu Degu

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Espen Villanger

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Magnus Hatlebakk

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PROJECT LEADER

Tigabu Degu Getahun (Ph.D)
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

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