Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27443 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IAI Discussion Papers No. 153
Publisher: 
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (IAI), Göttingen
Abstract: 
It has recently been argued that the informal sector of labor markets in de- veloping economies shows a dual structure with part of the informal sector being competitive to the formal sector and part of the informal sector being the result of market segmentation. To test this hypothesis, we formulate an econometric model which allows for a heterogeneous informal sector with unobserved individ- ual sector a±liation in the informal sector and which takes into account selection bias induced by the employment decision of individuals. Our empirical results for the urban labor market in Cte d'Ivoire show the existence of both competitive and segmented employment in the informal sector.
JEL: 
J42
O17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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