Rice is a strategic commodity for food security in West Africa. Its consumption has grown rapidly over time as a result of population growth, urbanization, and increasing purchasing power. Dependency on imported rice exposes the region to external shocks stemming from the global market. Given...

Dans un cadre ou la formation et les perspectives d'avancement dependent des previsions initiales de competence, les effets sur les salaires des signaux de competence initiale peuvent se manifester bien au-dela de la periode ou l'on connait bien les qualites d'un travailleur. Ce document propose...

In a setting where training or promotion opportunity depend on expected initial ability, the effects of signalling initial skills on wages may last well beyond the period when knowledge of a workers' skill set is fully known. This paper proposes extending recent tests for signalling to better...