Using estimates of earnings functions in Ghana, this paper examines patterns of labor market segmentation with regard … segments of the employed labor force. We find evidence of labor market segmentation between formal and informal employment and … to formal and informal employment. Persistent earnings differentials are used as indicators of limited mobility across …

to the topics covered by Lachaud (unemployment, access to employment and mobility, segmentation, labor supply, and … investigating following questions: which individuals lack access to employment or are employed beneath their capacities; does …

are used. We will try to clear the dynamics of the sector on the last twenty years regarding employment for it is the …

of the units in terms of occupied workers and the segmentation of employment, the property of capital and self …

labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and … informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …. Our results offer evidence for both comparative advantage and segmentation. No significant differences between the …

consumption and incomes grew in Ghana in the 1990s. Second, we ask how much of the rise in incomes was due to rises in the level …

reduction in their economic vulnerability. In this paper it is shown that over a period in Ghana when measured poverty declined …

changes in consumption in Ghana in the 1990s. It is argued that household consumption can act as an opportunity measure of … averages of welfare change are presented. In Ghana is has been argued that poverty fell based on a consumption measure of …. Doing this for Ghana over the period of the 1990s reveals that while on average per capita consumption rose across all …

consumption and incomes grew in Ghana in the 1990s. Second, we ask how much of the rise in incomes was due to rises in the level …