Employment vulnerability and earnings in urban West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBocquier, Philippe
dc.contributor.authorNordman, Christophe J.
dc.contributor.authorVescovo, Aude
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-25T15:44:15Z
dc.date.available2014-08-25T15:44:15Z
dc.date.copyright2010
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
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dc.identifier.citationBocquier, 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.2010.02.011en
dc.identifier.issn0305-750X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/53069
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.subjectVULNERABILITYen
dc.subjectWORKING CONDITIONSen
dc.subjectCOMPENSATING DIFFERENTIALSen
dc.subjectEARNINGSen
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTORen
dc.subjectWEST AFRICAen
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUPSen
dc.subjectDISADVANTAGED GROUPSen
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEen
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTIONen
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTORen
dc.titleEmployment vulnerability and earnings in urban West Africaen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holderElsevier Ltd.
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idrc.project.componentnumber107233002
idrc.project.number107233
idrc.project.titleAn investigation into the determinants of business performance in Francophone Africaen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-6629-2
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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