Priorities for Boosting Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence for Mozambique

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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.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftAfrican Development Review
Vol/bind27
Udgave nummerS1
Sider (fra-til)56-70
Antal sider15
ISSN1017-6772
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2015

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