Browsing by Author "Jaiyeola, Afeez Olalekan"

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    Assessment of poverty and inequality trends in the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria: Evidence from the General Household Survey of Nigeria
    (University of the Western Cape, 2018) Jaiyeola, Afeez Olalekan; Bayat, Amiena
    The high rate of poverty in Nigeria has reached alarming proportions. Despite average economic growth rates of 6 percent between 2004 and 2010, the incidence of poverty has remained high, increasing from 54.7 percent in 2004 to 60.9 percent in 2010 (Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). A drop in the poverty rate to an average of 56.1 percent between 1999 and 2007 could be attributed to the measures taken by the civilian government against administrative corruption, increased domestic and foreign investments and some implemented agricultural policies. These efforts were thwarted by subsequent administrations with devastating effects for the Nigerian population. It is in recognition of this that this study examines the political economy of poverty in Nigeria; analyses the variations in poverty and inequality across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria; examines the impact of economic growth on poverty reduction across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria over the period 2010 - 2013; investigates the reasons for the low rates of poverty reduction in Nigeria and analyses whether economic growth in Nigeria was pro-poor.
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    Causal implication of oil production on carbon emission and economic growth in Nigeria
    (Opole University, 2016) Jaiyeola, Afeez Olalekan; Saibu, Olufemi Muibi
    The paper investigated the causality among carbon emission, oil production and economic growth in Nigeria’s time series data for the period 1970 to 2013. It estimated an autoregressive distributed lag model and used granger causality mechanism to establish both the effects and causal nexus among the variables. The main finding is that oil production and carbon emission had significant negative effect real per capital growth and a significant causal relationship from crude oil production to carbon emission and economic growth. This finding implied that attempts to quicken real economic growth and enhanced welfare through oil production had led instead to a worsen environment degradation and lower quality of life such that the benefit of oil resources endowment was only seen but not felt by people. Hence, possibly the negative impact of oil resources reported in many previous studies in many oil dependent country might indeed be as a result of induced environmental degradation and health hazard due to higher carbon emission in such countries like Nigeria.
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    Determinant of the relationship between labour force participation in South Africa for both male and female
    (University of Cape Town, 2016) Jaiyeola, Afeez Olalekan
    Reducing poverty and inequality are key challenges in South Africa. Access to the labour market and earnings differentials are the main drivers of poverty and inequality in South Africa (Leibbrandt et al.,2010). Educational attainment and quality of education play an important role in determining labour market success but remain strongly correlated with socioeconomic status (Spaull, 2010). Labour force participation increased significantly in the late 1990s and early 2000s and employment, though growing, could not keep pace (Branson and Wittenberg, 2007). The increase in participation was primarily driven by an increase in African participation, especially among females, the youth and those with less education. Kingdon and Knight (2008) and Casale and Posel (2002) attribute the increase in female participation to the decrease in marriage rates, increase in single person households, improvements in educational attainment and the loss of male employment. The rise in young participants can also, in part, be attributed to the Department of Education discussion of a policy in 1995 to reduce the number of over- age learners in schools.
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    Energy consumption, carbon emission and economic growth in Nigeria: Implications for energy policy and climate protection in Nigeria
    (2013) Jaiyeola, Afeez Olalekan; Saibu, Muibi Olufemi
    The paper analyses causal effect of oil production and carbon emission from gas flaring on the growth rate in Nigeria between 1970 and 2011. The result revealed that economic growth rate, change in crude oil production growth rate, crude oil production growth rate, crude oil consumption growth rate, consumption growth rate, change in growth rate of carbon monoxide emission from gas flaring, growth rate of carbon monoxide emission from gas flaring and change in investment growth rate, investment growth rate are significant factors influencing economic growth in Nigeria. Therefore, this study concludes that there is causal relationship between oil production, carbon emission from gas flaring and economic growth in Nigeria. More importantly carbon emission constitutes an impediment to sustainable economic growth in Nigeria.
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    Status of living standards in Nigeria between 2010 and 2013
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2020) Jaiyeola, Afeez Olalekan; Bayat, Amiena
    Nigeria experienced a drop in the poverty rate to an average of56.1% between 1999 and 2007. This could be attributed to themeasures taken by the civilian government against adminis-trative corruption, increased domestic and foreign investmentsand some implemented agricultural policies. These effortswere thwarted by subsequent administrations with devastatingeffects on the Nigerian population. Despite an average annualeconomic growth rate of 6% between 2004 and 2010, theincidence of poverty has remained high, increasing from54.7% in 2004 to 60.9% in 2010. The high rate of poverty inNigeria has reached alarming proportions. It is in recognition ofthis that this study analyzes the variations in poverty across thesix geopolitical zones of Nigeria, including the rural and urbanareas
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    A structural equation modelling evaluation of antecedents and interconnections of call centre agents’ intention to quit
    (MPDI, 2021) Iwu, Chux Gervase; Opute, Abdullah Promise; Jaiyeola, Afeez Olalekan
    Call centers play a significant role in the operational dynamics of different types of businesses. This is especially the case because a call center agent’s demeanor can impair or engender customer satisfaction, which has ramifications for business patronage. Unfortunately, the pressures associated with the role of the call center agent have made staff attrition a norm in the industry. While this does not augur well for the call center or the organizations that they serve, the role of possible antecedents in the equation of staff attrition in South African call centers remains largely unexplored. Using a structural equation modeling approach, this study examined the interconnections between customer orientation, knowledge management, job satisfaction, and employees’ intention to quit. Additionally, the mediating influence of job satisfaction on the association between customer orientation and knowledge management of the intention to quit is examined. This study found significant relationships between knowledge management, customer orientation, and job satisfaction and the dependent variable (intention to quit). In addition, this study establishes that the extent to which job satisfaction may mediate the influence on the intention to quit hinges on the organizational element considered.