LEADER 02434cam a22003855i 4500001 99131235034706421 005 20210512192010.0 006 m d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 020129s2021 dcu o i00 0 eng^^ 024 7 10.1596/35391 |2doi 035 (CKB)4920000001215575 035 (The World Bank)35391 035 (US-djbf)35391 035 (EXLCZ)994920000001215575 040 DJBF |beng |cDJBF |erda 100 1 Meyer, Christian Johannes. 245 10 Wages and Compensation in Ethiopia's Industrial Parks : |bEvidence from a Firm Survey / |cChristian Johannes Meyer. 246 Wages and Compensation in Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks 264 1 Washington, D.C. : |bThe World Bank, |c2021. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 data file |2rda 490 1 Other papers. 520 3 Jobs in exporting industries tend to pay higher wages than comparable jobs in firms focused on the domestic market. In Ethiopia, where the government has pursued an ambitious industrialization agenda, systematic data on wages in industrial parks has been scarce. This note provides an overview of worker compensation using novel firm-level data. The data shows that before the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a majority of industrial park firms' base salary exceeded the cost of basic needs as measured by the local poverty line. When bonuses, overtime pay, incentive pay, and in-kind benefits are taken into account, the median monetary value of the total compensation package is roughly fourfold of the cost of basic needs. Nevertheless, there is significant variation in pay, both within and between industrial parks with 21 percent of the surveyed firms reporting a base pay below the local poverty line. Much of the variation can be explained by the different industries in which these firms operate. Although lack of reliable data on the broader labor market makes rigorous comparisons challenging, the survey data suggests that base pay in the industrial parks is comparable with pay in the labor markets surrounding the parks. 650 4 Coronavirus 650 4 COVID-19 650 4 Industrial Parks 650 4 Labor Markets 650 4 Private Sector Development 650 4 Private Sector Economics 650 4 Social Protections and Labor 700 1 Krkoska, Eduard. 700 1 Maaskant, Koen. 830 0 Other papers. 830 0 World Bank e-Library. 906 BOOK