(African Economic Research consortium, 1999-10-04) Boateng, Kwabia
The general objective of the study is to explain the apparent failure of employment in the
Ghanaian labour market under SAP/ERP by evaluating changes in the qualitative
distribution of labour demand, based on trends in advertised job vacancies from 1981 to
1995. The results indicate a significant (25%) increase in the demand for high-skill labour
relative to low-skill labour in the ERP/SAP period, compared with pre-ERP/SAP period.
Using decomposition techniques it is found that 51.2% of the increase in demand for
high-skill labour is explained by changes in skill composition and 48.8% by changes in
sectoral composition of jobs. The policy implication is that improvement in employment
performance in Ghana will require additional investments in skill training and a keener
effort to enhance occupational mobility.