Employment vulnerability and earnings in Urban West Africa

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1297-1314

  Bocquier, Philippe ^a   Nordman, Christophe J ^b   Vescovo, Aude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c USAID PHARE   (Mali)

Author keywords

Compensating differentials; Earnings; Informal sector; Vulnerability; West Africa; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; INFORMAL SECTOR; URBAN ECONOMY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77955657843     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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