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This paper uses census and household survey data on Cameroon, Ghana, and South Africa to examine immigration's impact … in the context of a segmented labor market in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that immigration affects (i) employment (ii …) employment allocation between informal and formal sectors, and (iii) the type of employment within each sector. The direction of …
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Ghana. As labour statistics on home-based work and homework are absent, the research draws on interviews with 124 … Ghana highlights the need for policy changes in a number of areas. Key among these is the need for the redesign of labour … surveys in Ghana to capture the prevalence, variations, terms and conditions of home-based workers and homeworkers in Ghana …
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Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages … picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The … informality. This heightens insecurity – by excluding many workers from activation policies or social and employment protection …
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The paper analyses labour market participation and selection into specific employment sectors in urban areas of Ghana … is found to increase the probability of employment but the reverse is the case in Ghana as education increases the … and Tanzania using urban worker survey data from 2004 to 2006 in pooled sample models. A baseline participation model and …
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