Employment vulnerability and earnings in urban West Africa

Date

2010

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Elsevier

Abstract

This article develops indicators of vulnerability in employment in seven economic capitals of West Africa and studies their links with individual incomes. Quantitative, distributional and qualitative analyses show that vulnerability compensating mechanism is mainly seen in the informal sector, in the upper tail of the earnings distribution and particularly in the circumstance of visible underemployment. Employment vulnerability is not compensated for the poorest workers in the private sector. Long “job queues” and weak institutional protection of workers may have reduced bargaining power in the formal sector.

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VULNERABILITY, WORKING CONDITIONS, COMPENSATING DIFFERENTIALS, EARNINGS, INFORMAL SECTOR, WEST AFRICA, VULNERABLE GROUPS, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, PRIVATE SECTOR

Citation

Bocquier, P., Nordman, C.J., & Vescovo, A. (2010). Employment Vulnerability and Earnings in Urban West Africa. World Development, 38(9), 1297-1314. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.02.011

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53069

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (SIG) / Résultats de recherches (CPT)