Dynamics of off-farm self-employment in the West African Sahel

Arbeitspapier

This study uses detailed household-level data to analyse off-farm self-employment dynamics in Mali and Niger. It adds to the literature that acknowledges the existence of heterogeneities in informal work and the body of evidence on informal self-employment in fragile and conflict-affected countries. It finds that self-employed workers are more represented in the lower-tier informal work status, with a particularly high percentage in Niger and among female, rural, youth, and old adult workers in both countries. The study also finds that monthly average earnings from self-employment are lowest among lower-tier informal workers, who also have a low probability of transitioning out of this status. However, household-related factors such as asset and livestock holdings and non-labour income may play an important role in helping these vulnerable groups of workers move up the self-employment ladder, especially in the event of shocks.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN: 978-92-9256-899-3

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2020/142

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Firm ; Informal Labor Markets ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
• Thema: fragile and conflict-affected countries ; informality ; self-employment dynamics ; West African Sahel

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dedehouanou, Fidèle Ange ; Alia, Didier Yélognissè
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2020/899-3
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/229366
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ