The Invisibility of Wage Employment in Statistics on the Informal Economy in Africa: Causes and Consequences
(2014)
Journal Article
Rizzo, M., Kilama, B., & Wuyts, M. (2014). The Invisibility of Wage Employment in Statistics on the Informal Economy in Africa: Causes and Consequences. The Journal of Development Studies, 51(2), 149-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.968136
This article challenges the claim, along with the statistics that support it, that self-employment is by far the dominant employment status in the informal economy. The article begins by reviewing key insights from relevant literature on the informal... Read More about The Invisibility of Wage Employment in Statistics on the Informal Economy in Africa: Causes and Consequences.