Interesting that weaving was a man’s profession in #Ethiopia, handed down from father to son. Lemlem wages have increased five-fold since it started producing in Addis Ababahttps://twitter.com/Cavanagh_Alice/status/1202207282441936901 …
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Productivity does not explain a market wide change in wages in Addis. That would be driven by supply/demand and inflation. While textile processing is growing in Addis, the labor supply is probably growing faster. I don’t know what inflation has been over the period.
If I had to guess though, wages were increased because production realized they could get better overall output by paying more for higher skilled labor and lowering turnover through higher wages.
