African Educational Research Journal - Full Length Research Paper - The impact of workforce on industrialization in Algeria with education expenditure as a variable mediator from 1970 to 2014

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This paper examines how the labor force contributes to industrialization in Algeria, treating education spending as a mediating variable. The study uses Path Analysis to quantify the impact from 1970 to 2014, arguing that labor can foster industrialization and that integrating education into manufacturing improves operational conduct. Results are used to conclude that education expenditure mediates and strengthens the workforce’s capacity for manufacturing.

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Industrialization and industrialization policies

African Educational Research Journal Vol. 5(1), pp. 32-37, January 2017 ISSN: 2354-2160 Full Length Research Paper The impact of workforce on industrialization in Algeria with the existence of expenditure in education as a variable mediator from 1970 to 2014 Souar Youcef1*, Amina Abdelhakem2 and Setti Sid Ahmed3 1Laboratory MIFMA, University Tahar Moulay, Saida, 20000, Algeria. 23LUanbiovreorityyTMCLDLahar Mo, Uulnivay,ers20it0y0M0, ustSaaifada, IstAlagneiuali, Mascara, 29000, Algeria. Accepted 20 December, 2016 | ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the role of labor force in industrialization in Algeria by entering the spending in education as a mediator variable. From a theoretical point of view, there are good grounds for believing that labor force can play an important role in promoting industrialization, but if education had been incorporated in manufacturing, this will facilitate the conduct of manufacturing operations. At this, the authors will use the method of Path Analysis in order to calculate the impact of the labor force on industrialization in Algeria with the presence of education expenditure as a variable mediator during the period from 1970 to 2014. It is therefore concluded that education expenditure plays an important mediator role in the enhancement of workforce’s capacity to strengthen manufacturing in Algeria during the study period.
Keywords: Industrialization, labor force, education expenditure. | | --- | | *Corresponding [author. E-mail: Syoucef12@yahoo.fr](author. E-mail: Syoucef12@yahoo.fr). | INTRODUCTION Industrialization in the context of industrialization policies occupies a prominent position in economics, for many developing countries and many researchers in this field. It is the essential foundation to support the structure of the economy, and achieve economic development goals as a link to the rest of the economic sectors. In the same theoretical context, it has been found that the industrialization strategies, according to the experience of many countries in industrialization as an instrument of perfect link between the objectives and goals of industrialization policies. Algeria during periods of socialism and capitalism has pursued different industrialization strategies according to the orientation of industrialization policies, most notably the manufactured industries strategy under socialist orientation, and the expansion of investment and industrial network and the granting of loans under the same capitalist orientation. Hence, industrialization policy in Algeria is based on the presumption that economic development requires industrialization. At this place, industrialization in Algeria is seen as one of the determinants of industrialization policies. In order to examine the impact on industrial performance in Algeria, the authors chose the informal sector as a strategy among other industrialization strategies. Here workforce is seen as a determinant of the informal sector determinants, and expenditure on education appears as a determinant of sectorial partnership in infrastructure investments which is considered as the sole factor in the formalization of the informal sector, and the possibility of showing the real contribution of the informal sector in achieving the objectives of industrialization policies in Algeria. Through the Path Analysis method, we will study the impact of workforce on industrialization in Algeria with the existence of expenditure on education as variable mediator during the period from 1970 to 2014. This model contains 3 macroeconomic variables, of which 1 causal variable of the informal economy that is workforce proportion of the total employees in Algeria, and 1 variable as an indicator of industrialization policies which is the added value for industrialization in Algeria, and finally, 1 variable mediator for sectorial partnership in infrastructure investments which is the expenditure in education sector in Algeria. For that end, th

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What is the main research question of the study?

The study asks about the impact of the workforce on industrialization in Algeria, with education expenditure acting as a variable mediator, during 1970 to 2014.

How is education expenditure used in the analysis?

Education expenditure is incorporated as a mediating variable in the Path Analysis model linking the workforce to industrialization outcomes.

What methodology is employed to measure the relationships?

The authors use Path Analysis to calculate the impact of labor force on industrialization in Algeria while accounting for education expenditure as mediator from 1970 to 2014.

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