With the use of comparable data from seven West African capitals, we attempt to assess the rationale behind development policies targeting high rates of school enrolment through the prism of allocation of labour and returns to skills across the formal and informal sectors. We find that people...

Introduction -- Concepts, definitions and sub-classifications of informal sector and informal employment -- Measurement objectives and methods of data collection -- Household surveys on informal sector employment and other types of informal employment -- Establishment surveys and censuses --...