Priorities for Boosting Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence for Mozambique
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Priorities for Boosting Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence for Mozambique. / Jones, Edward Samuel; Tarp, Finn.
In: African Development Review, Vol. 27, No. S1, 2015, p. 56-70.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Priorities for Boosting Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
T2 - Evidence for Mozambique
AU - Jones, Edward Samuel
AU - Tarp, Finn
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Should policy-makers, including foreign donors, focus employment strategies in sub-Saharan Africa on strengthening access to formal wage employment or on raising productivity in the informal sector? We examine the evidence in Mozambique and show that crude distinctions between formality and informality are not illuminating. The observed welfare advantage of formal sector workers essentially derives from differences in endowments and local conditions. Non-agricultural informal work can yield higher returns than formal work. The implication is that the informal sector must not be marginalized; and raising productivity in agriculture must be accorded a central place in boosting employment.
AB - Should policy-makers, including foreign donors, focus employment strategies in sub-Saharan Africa on strengthening access to formal wage employment or on raising productivity in the informal sector? We examine the evidence in Mozambique and show that crude distinctions between formality and informality are not illuminating. The observed welfare advantage of formal sector workers essentially derives from differences in endowments and local conditions. Non-agricultural informal work can yield higher returns than formal work. The implication is that the informal sector must not be marginalized; and raising productivity in agriculture must be accorded a central place in boosting employment.
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8268.12139
DO - 10.1111/1467-8268.12139
M3 - Journal article
VL - 27
SP - 56
EP - 70
JO - African Development Review
JF - African Development Review
SN - 1017-6772
IS - S1
ER -
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