Industrial Clustering, Firm Performance and Employee Welfare

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author(s)/editor(s)
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Abstract
• Zusammenfassung
• Acknowledgement
• Contents
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• List of Acronyms
• 1. General Introduction
• 1.1 Background
• 1.2 Literature Review and Experimental Hypotheses
• 1.3 Research Problem and Significance of the Study
• 1.4 Research Objectives and Questions
• 1.5 Methods
• 1.6 Structure of the Book
• 2. Industrial Clustering and Firm Performance: The Ethiopian Leather Shoe Industry
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Overview of the Ethiopian Leather Shoe Industry
• 2.3 Conceptual Framework
• 2.4 Survey Design, Data and Measurement
• 2.5 Characteristics of Sample Enterprises
• 2.6 Firm Location Choice
• 2.7 Industrial Clustering, Firm Performance and Employee Welfare
• 2.8 Estimation Strategy and Results
• 2.9 Transmission Mechanisms
• 2.9.1 The Leather Footwear Cluster and its Supply Chain
• 2.9.2 Industrial Clustering and Small Firm Growth Barriers
• 2.10 Concluding Remarks
• 3. Impacts of the Cluster Development Program in Ethiopia
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Data and Sampling Method
• 3.3 Pre-Intervention Characteristics of Sample Firms
• 3.4 Potential Impacts of the MSME Cluster Development Program
• 3.5 Evaluation Methods, Results and Discussions
• 3.5.1 Evaluation Methods
• 3.5.2 Estimation Results and Discussions
• 3.6 Concluding Remarks
• 4. Welfare and Gender Impacts of Female Employment in an Industry Cluster: Evidence from the Flower Cluster in Ethiopia
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Context
• 4.3 Theoretical Model
• 4.4 Econometric Model
• 4.5 Sampling Method, Data and Measurements
• 4.6 Initial Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics
• 4.7 Estimation Strategy and Results
• 4.7.1 Impact on the Monetary Dimension of Wellbeing
• 4.7.2 Impact on the Non-Monetary Dimension of Wellbeing
• 4.7.3 Gender Roles
• 4.7.4 Transmission Mechanism: Drivers of the Observed Welfare Changes
• 4.8 Concluding Remarks
• 5. Conclusion
• 5.1 Synopsis
• 5.2 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Future Research
• References
• Annexes