 The role of cooperatives in enhancing social and economic inclusion: determinants of turnover growth and survival under COVID-19Najat El Mekkaoui () and Sara Loukili Post-Print from HAL Abstract: The social and solidarity economy, through cooperative structures, has been promoted for its potential to reduce poverty, enhance economic inclusion and provide alternative solutions to labour market issues in developing countries. Nevertheless, very few empirical evaluations of their impact exist. We build an original qualitative and quantitative survey on the population of cooperatives in different sectors in Morocco and estimate the determining factors of their turnover growth, accounting for sample selection bias, as well as their survival rate. Findings point to the existence of three levels of determinants affecting (i) internal factors, (ii) management (president) and (iii) external factors (legal and market environment). We underline the sector's fragility, the possibility of the existence of negative signaling, the heterogeneity between actors and outcomes and the weak role played by women in leadership positions. Keywords: Survival-analysis; Women economic inclusion; Sustainable Development Goals; Cooperative Performance; Covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in EMNES Annual Conference 2021 : "Pillars for Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Growth and Innovative Socio-Economic Models Post COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mediterranean and Africa", Dec 2021, Barcelone, Spain There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04232378 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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