Human Capital and Manufacturing Output in Nigeria: A Micro-Data Survey

Olarewaju, Favour O.; Ogundipe, Adeyemi A.; Adekola, P J; Adeleye, Bosede Ngozi

doi:10.5430/rwe.v12n2p132

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“…Coupled with that, the leapfrogging hypothesis states that ICT is the platform upon which developing economies can skip developmental stages (Steinmueller, 2001;Sein & Harindranath, 2004;Avgerou, 2017;Adeleye et al, 2022a;Adeleye et al, 2022b). Labour is an critical element for growth (Shahid, 2014;Olarewaju et al, 2021;X. Zhang & Wang, 2021), Internet usage contributes to economic productivity (Visser, 2019;Shahnazi, 2021), education which is human capital exerts a positive impact on growth (Čadil et al, 2014;Pelinescu, 2015), quality institutions provide the enabling environment for growth to thrive (Acemoglu & Robinson, 2010;Bahamonde & Trasberg, 2021), and lastly capital is a vital growth input (Lach, 2010;Ahmed et al, 2016;Adeleye et al, 2021b).…”

Section: Variables Justification and Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICT Leapfrogging Amidst Labour Force-Economic Growth Nexus in EAP and ECA Regions

Adeleye

Achugamonu

George

et al. 2023

Sci. Ann. Econ. Bus.

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Towards achieving the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this study revisits the information and communication technology (ICT) leapfrogging hypothesis of Steinmueller (2001), and Fong (2009) to expand the literature by testing its relevance in the labour force-growth dynamics in Asia. To achieve this, the study addresses four objectives: (i) test the ICT leapfrogging hypothesis; (ii) investigate the growth-enhancing impact of labour; (iii) examine whether ICT enhances or distorts the productivity of labour on economic growth; and (iv) if these effects differ by economic development. The study uses an unbalanced panel data on 81 countries located in East Asia and Pacific (EAP) and Europe and Central Asia (ECA) from 2010 to 2019. Two estimation techniques, namely panel spatial correlation consistent fixed effects (PSCC-FE) and random effects instrumental variables two-stage least squares (RE-IV2SLS), are deployed. To appraise if the impact differs by economic development, the study engages income group analysis. Among other findings: the leapfrogging hypothesis holds; labour is a significant predictor of economic growth; mobile phones usage is a more potent ICT indicator with more leapfrogging potentials relative to fixed telephones subscription; the net effect of labour on growth is mostly positive in the mobile phones’ models.

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Section: Variables Justification and Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICT Leapfrogging Amidst Labour Force-Economic Growth Nexus in EAP and ECA Regions

Adeleye

Achugamonu

George

et al. 2023

Sci. Ann. Econ. Bus.

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“…It is all about creating perfect training circumstances. Neo-human capital theory proposed in the 1980s that businesses should train their personnel in a systematic manner to improve the workforce's flexibility and suppleness, as well as their openness to modernization [25,26].…”

Section: Human Capital Theorymentioning

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Training Gap Identification as Determinant of Employees’ Job Performance in Gas and Energy Company in Delta State, Nigeria

Olufayo¹,

Akinbo²

2021

JHRM

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The eventual goal of every organization is to attain comparative achievement and be ahead of its competitors The eventual goal of every organization is to attain comparative achievement and be ahead of its competitors while maintaining sustainable productivity through a competent workforce. The crucial attributes of the business and its terrains at the recent times are such that any organization that will continue to be in existence and thrive amidst the dynamism in the environment must keep upskilling and reskilling its employees. The study examines effect of selection procedure of employee for training for organizational performance in gas and energy company in Delta State, Nigeria. This study uses a sample of 254 employees selected representing the entire population of 694. A validated and reliable questionnaire instrument was employed to gather data. Two hypotheses were tested. One-sample test was used to test the hypotheses formulated in the study. Findings from the study reveal that the extent to which unsystematic approach to employee training affected organizational productivity was high. This was statistically supported by the one-sample test at 0.05 (Z c =8.246

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“…They found that the increase in the level of innovative human capital inhibits, to some extent, the positive effect of external knowledge sourcing on high-quality innovation in manufacturing. In addition, scholars have found that human capital can promote the development of the manufacturing industry through technological innovation [16][17][18][19], improving production efficiency [20,21], improving consumption structure [22], and promoting the accumulation of productive service industries [23]. Under the impetus of the new industrial revolution, innovative human capital, scientific and technological talents, and other high-level human capital have gradually become hot spots for scholars' attention.…”

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A pathway towards high-quality development of the manufacturing industry: Does scientific and technological talent matter?

LI,

YAO

2024

PLoS ONE

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Against the background of the accelerated evolution of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial change, scientific and technical talents, as essential innovation resources, play an important role in promoting the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2012 to 2021, the article constructs a fixed-effects model and systematically researches the impact of scientific and technological talents on the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry. The results show that scientific and technical talents play a significant role in promoting the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, and the upgrading of the consumption structure and the accumulation of productive service industries play a mediating role. Heterogeneity analysis found that the promotion effect of scientific and technical talents is more favorable in the eastern region, medium-technology level manufacturing, and labor-intensive manufacturing. Among the three sub-dimensions of scientific and technological talents, the scale of scientific and technical talents has the most significant impact on the development of the manufacturing industry. The analysis of the spatial spillover effect finds that scientific and technological talents will have a positive spillover effect on the development of the manufacturing industry in neighboring areas. The study provides a basis for relevant departments to formulate effective strategies and policies.

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Human Capital and Manufacturing Output in Nigeria: A Micro-Data Survey

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

ICT Leapfrogging Amidst Labour Force-Economic Growth Nexus in EAP and ECA Regions

ICT Leapfrogging Amidst Labour Force-Economic Growth Nexus in EAP and ECA Regions

Training Gap Identification as Determinant of Employees’ Job Performance in Gas and Energy Company in Delta State, Nigeria

A pathway towards high-quality development of the manufacturing industry: Does scientific and technological talent matter?

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