Mining spillovers and the formal-informal duality in manufacturing and services
Saumik Paul and
Dhushyanth Raju
No wp-2024-6, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
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This study examines the effects of mining productivity shocks on the formal-informal duality in manufacturing and services. Using firm census data from 2014 for Ghana, we measure the rates of informality along extensive (unregistered firms) and intensive (registered firms hiring labourers 'off the books') margins. We find that the changes in the rates of informality along both margins across sectors following mining shocks are heterogeneous.
Keywords: Mining; Informality; Firm productivity; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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