. -- dualism ; labor markets ; employment ; segmentation ; Ghana …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 …

outcomes in developing countries. We exploit a rich dataset from Ghana that provides information on demographics, labor market … individual behavior and outcomes. We find that, at least for the case of Ghana, after controlling for IQ and other covariates …

The paper examines the flow of workers between employment states, the role of education in these transitions and the …-directional transitions between formal and informal employment but with a higher tendency of workers to transition from formal to informal … find the transition from informal to formal increases with education but the movement from formal to informal employment …

1994. Over the period 2001-12 employment within the primary sectors collapsed, employment in the manufacturing sector did … not increase, while employment in the tertiary sectors such as financial services and community services grew. High- and …

builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage … employment opportunities. …

employment dynamics in the case of Viet Nam. The econometric analysis consists of two parts. First, data covering formal firms … are exploited to investigate the relationship between sector-level services import intensity and firm-level employment and … services firms, whereas a small negative effect on firm-level employment is observed. For manufacturing firms, there is no …

depicted and its effects on formal and informal labour markets. The most important challenges for employment policy as well as …

depicted and its effects on formal and informal labour markets. The most important challenges for employment policy as well as …