Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is therefore of utmost importance from a political, economic and social point of view. Paradoxically, despite its economic importance, knowledge is extremely limited regarding the informal economy. It...

(english) This paper investigates the dynamics of the informal sector in Madagascar during a period of fragile growth. Overall, the behavior of informal firms in terms of earnings, employment and capital accumulation points to a degree of heterogeneity which goes beyond a simple dualistic model...

(english) The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of education on labor market entry, particularly on earnings in the two largest cities of the Republic of Congo. We examine firsthand data from the 2009 Congo's Employment and Informal Sector Survey (Enquête sur l’emploi et le secteur...

Social reproduction is the highest for self-employed as shown by an extensive literature from developed and developing countries. Very few studies however document the reason for this high intergenerational correlation of the self-employed status. The rare studies that have been done concern the...

Kleinunternehmerische Aktivitäten im informellen Sektor leisten üblicherweise einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Produktion in Entwicklungsländern. Klassische Theorien des strukturellen Wandels und ökonomischen Wachstums nehmen an, dass der moderne Sektor diejenigen, die im informellen Sektor...

Kleinunternehmerische Aktivitäten im informellen Sektor leisten üblicherweise einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Produktion in Entwicklungsländern. Klassische Theorien des strukturellen Wandels und ökonomischen Wachstums nehmen an, dass der moderne Sektor diejenigen, die im informellen Sektor...