Author: Adedoyin Soyibo, Olanrewaju Olaniyan & Akanni O. LawansonVolume: 55 Issue No:2 Year:2013Abstract: This paper traces the evolution and development of health economics as a research and academic discipline in Nigeria. The emergence of research in health economics a...
Author: EditorVolume: 55 Issue No:2 Year:2013Abstract: The Nigerian Economic Society (NES) added the Special Panels on the Teaching of Economics to its annual conference at the 44 edition th which held in Port Harcourt in 2001. The Executive Council of NES introduced the Spe...
Author: Emmanuel OjameruayeVolume: 55 Issue No:1 Year:2013Abstract: Reading Nasara's Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius reminds me of adialogue I had with a Nigerian medical student when I arrived in Poland in theearly 1970s to study economics. He told me that I mad...
Author: R. Akingbade and A.M. SunmolaVolume: 55 Issue No:1 Year:2013Abstract: Sexism seems to persist in Nigeria and is a perceived barrier to the advancement of women as a result of discriminatory practices in hiringdecisions. Such discrimination is informed by the gender b...
Author: Vremudia P. DiejomaohVolume: 55 Issue No:1 Year:2013Abstract: The problem of youth unemployment and poverty is global. Since the arab Spring, many initiatives at global, regional and national levels have been taken to deal with the problem of youth unemployment. Yet,...
Author: Uche M. Ozughalu and Fidelis O. OgwumikeVolume: 55 Issue No:1 Year:2013Abstract: Unemployment and poverty are major indicators of underdevelopment. In spite of the enormous material and potential human resources in Nigeria, the country has over the years been plagued...
Author: Milton A. Iyoha, Patricia A. Adamu and Sulayman M. BelloVolume: 55 Issue No:1 Year:2013Abstract: The scourge of soaring youth unemployment is global, afflicting not only the developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) but also theadvanced countries of Europe and...
Author: Christiana E.E. OkojieVolume: 55 Issue No:1 Year:2013Abstract: Youth unemployment and underemployment are global problems. The rising world-wide unemployment has hit young persons hard, especially young women. Those who can find work often face long working hours, sh...
Author: A.G. Garba and P.K. GarbaVolume: 55 Issue No:1 Year:2013Abstract: Keynes was right when he concluded in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money that the outstanding fault of society is its failure to provide full employment and equitable distribution of ...
Author: Bolaji A. Adesoye, Olukayode E. Maku & Akinwande A. AtandaYear:2012Abstract: The unresolved debates on the precise link between health, employment and income stimulated the interest of this paper to examine the simultaneous and specificity effect of labour participation rate an...
Author: Abiodun O. Folawewo & Adeniyi Jimmy AdedokunYear:2012Abstract: This study examines empirically via two channels the impact of real exchange rate on sectoral employment in Nigeria between 1970 and 2010. The study focuses on three main sectors of the economy agriculture, manufact...
Author: Peter Siyan, Anthony Emmanuel Hassan & Isa Nurudeen MohammedYear:2012Abstract: The main objective of this study is to investigate the role the level of development of some infrastructure has played in promoting job creation and economic growth, employing the ordinary least squa...
Author: Salamatu Idris IsahYear:2012Abstract: With a minimum wage increase in Nigeria recently, the unemployment rate has increased from 19.7 percent in 2009 to 21.1 percent in 2010. The efforts of the government to upgrade the skills, confidence and experience of the unemployed appear to ...
Author: A.T. Yakubu, H.I. Mobolaji, G.T. Ijaiya A.A. Kilishi and A.M. YaruYear:2012Abstract: The ability of the formal sector (public and organized private sectors) in Nigeria to generate employment and provide means of livelihood has been truncated by the economic crisis that dates back t...
Author: Terhemen Philip Abachi & Naomi Onyeje DokiYear:2012Abstract: Labour theory classifies unemployment by its causes. One of them is that unemployment could be frictional. The search theory of unemployment is applied to analyze frictional unemploymentresulting from “job huntingâ€...
Author: Temitope W. OshikoyaVolume: 52 Issue No:2 Year:2010Abstract: This paper argues that regional economic integration remains an essential part of Africa's development strategy. The need for regionalintegration in Africa is rooted in the Continent’s geography, geology,...
Author: Oyinlola OlaniyiVolume: 52 Issue No:2 Year:2010Abstract: The paper reviews developments in the Nigeria's economic from 1960 to 2008 and observed that the precipitous de-industrialization of the economy which started with the oil crisis of the early 1980s was in fact ...
Author: Professor Emmanuel NnadozieYear:2012Abstract: IntroductionNigerian has been able to withstand the negative effects of the international financial and economic crisis rather well thanks to the country's sound macroeconomic conditions before the crisis and prudential macroeconomic ma...
Author: T. A. EgunjobiYear:2012Abstract: The majority of Nigerians live in poverty. Many do not have sufficient income to guarantee good food, water, shelter, medical care and schooling. Given the nation’s rich endowment of natural resources, its poverty profile presents a picture of a r...
Author: L. Sanni and M.A. GbadeboVolume: 53 Issue No:1 Year:2011Abstract: This study examined the perceived challenges to the adoption of urban renewal as a strategy for improving housing quality in indigenous African cities, using Akure, Nigeria as a case study. Both primar...