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

Sènakpon Fidèle A. Dedehouanou and Didier Alia ()

No wp-2020-142, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Fragile states; Informality; Self-employment; West African Sahel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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