Yukichi Mano|Takashi Yamano|Aya Suzuki|Tomoya Matsumoto
Local and Personal Networks in Employment and the Development of Labor Markets: Evidence from the Cut Flower Industry in Ethiopia
Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development|National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies|Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development|National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies|Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development|National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies|National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
examine roles local personal networks employment process emergence development labor market ethiopias growing cut flower industry using primary survey data 320 workers randomly sampled 64 farms find workers recruited informally using social ties paid less formallyrecruited workers hiring however workers quickly increased productivity effect social ties wages disappeared time find development labor market newlyemerged industry took place particularly within industrial cluster