Understanding the selection of workers into informality is a policy priority to design programs to increase formalization across Sub-Saharan Africa, where nine out of ten workers are informal. This paper estimates a model of self-selection with entry barriers into the formal sector to identify the extent of involuntary informality in Senegal, a representative country in terms of levels of informality in West Africa and with one of the most rigid labor...
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2022/07/26
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS10129
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2022/07/26
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Labor Informality and Market Segmentation in Senegal
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Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos; Vazquez,Emmanuel Jose.
Labor Informality and Market Segmentation in Senegal (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10129 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099437007262219892