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Wage Rentals for Reproducible Human Capital : Evidence from Ghana and the Ivory Coast
Schultz, T. Paul - 2003
sustained growth in factor productivity. To compare the contribution of these four human capital inputs, an expanded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075556
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Heterogeneity in subjective wellbeing : an application to occupational allocation in Africa
Falco, Paolo; Maloney, William F.; Rijkers, Bob; … - 2012
By exploiting recent advances in mixed (stochastic parameter) ordered probit estimators and a unique longitudinal dataset from Ghana, this paper examines the distribution of subjective wellbeing across sectors of employment and offers insights into the functioning of developing country labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009680989
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Evaluating the Motives of Informal Entrepreneurs in Koforidua, Ghana
Adom, Kwame - 2015
In recent years, there has been growing recognition in the entrepreneurship literature that many entrepreneurs operate in the informal economy and that not all these informal entrepreneurs are doing so out of economic necessity and because of a lack of choice. Instead, it has been asserted that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009940
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Ethnic diversity and informal work in Ghana
Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Danquah, Michael - 2020
We present the first study that examines the effects of ethnic diversity on informal work. Using two waves of data from the Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey, we find that ethnic diversity is associated with a higher probability of engaging in informal work. Specifically, our instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012299566
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An empirical analysis of the informal sector in Ghana
Prosper Senyo Koto* - In: Journal of Developing Areas 49 (2015) 2, pp. 93-108
This paper examines the determinants of the decision of owners of small enterprises in Ghana to participate in the informal sector at start-up. For enterprises participating in the informal sector, the paper evaluates whether there are linkages with formal sector enterprises, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213224
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Structural change(s) in Ghana : a comparison between the trade, formal and informal sectors
Caldarola, Bernardo - 2022
This paper uses the case of Ghana to unpack the role of the informal sector in the process of structural change. A structuralist view of structural change - framed as changes in the employment shares of different industries - is combined with the insight that countries strive to diversify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013465154
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Structural Change(s) in Ghana : A Comparison between the Trade, Formal and Informal Sectors
Caldarola, Bernardo - 2022
This paper uses the case of Ghana to unpack the role of the informal sector in the process of structural change. A structuralist view of structural change – framed as changes in the employment shares of different industries – is combined with the insight that countries strive to diversify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264478
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The profits of power : land rights and agricultural investment in Ghana
Goldstein, Markus P.; Udry, Christopher - 2005
We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and productivity in agricultural in Akwapim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809738
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The Profits of Power : Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana
Udry, Christopher; Goldstein, Markus - 2015
We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and productivity in agricultural in Akwapim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060623
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Barriers to growth-enhancing structural transformation: the role of subnational differences in intersectoral productivity gaps
Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2021
gains in labor productivity in recent decades in many developing countries. This paper offers a new perspective into the …. We argue that subnational differences in the intersectoral productivity gap between the nonfarm informal and formal … sectors constrain the productivity gain from structural transformation. In Ghana, intersectoral productivity gaps among the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519218