TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Influence of the Deregulated Telecommunication Sector on Urban Employment Generation in Nigeria
AU - Fasoranti, M.M. 
JO  - Journal of Economics Theory
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SP  - 57
EP  - 62
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1994-8212
DO  - jeth.2009.57.62
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeth.2009.57.62
KW  - GSM operators
KW  -macro economics
KW  -unemployment
KW  -micro economics
KW  -telecommunication sector
KW  -GSM business
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - The study examined employment generation through the deregulated telecommunication sector. The study which was conducted in Lagos metropolis among other things considered the socio-economic characteristic of GSM operators, the profitability and efficiency of GSM operations and the influence of some selected macro economic variables on income generated from the business. Data was sourced from both secondary and primary sources. Information was elicited from 80 respondents randomly selected from Mushin and Oshodi-Isolo within Lagos. The data collected was analysed with the aid of descriptive statistics, Gross margin and Net return analysis and multiple regression analysis. Findings show that majority of operators were educated youth with a mean age of about 29 years. Moreover, about 71.3% of total respondents were jobless before the inception of the GSM business. This shows that deregulation has actually reduced youth unemployment in the study area. Study also showed that GSM operation was profitable both in the short and long runs in the study area with N73,452, 36,627 and 86,105 as the mean gross margin, net returns and income, respectively. However, the return to scale analysis shows that operation is still in stage I of the production surface. Nevertheless, the factor inputs except education were efficiently allocated. The regression analysis shows that year of experience, cost of operation, amount of loans obtained and manday are significant factors in the GSM business. The study recommends an expansion in the scale of operation by the operators and greater access to credit and greater encouragement to uneducated unemployed youth by the government. The government should also persuade service providers to improve in their services and to also reduce service costs for operators.
ER  -