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Informalité et productivité des très petites et petites entreprises au Cameroun

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  • Novice Patrick Bakehe

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The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of informal operation on the productivity of Cameroonian micro and small enterprises. The estimated model is based on an econometric specification in terms of instrumental variables and uses a micro and small enterprises database of the second National Survey on Employment and the Informal Sector. The sample covers 3524 firms and the surveys were conducted in 2010 by the National Statistics Institute (INS). Our results show that the registration probability (formal operation) of micro and small enterprises weakens when enterprises do not have sites subject to control and entrepreneurs see no advantage in registering their businesses, which adversely affects productivity. This impact is subject to the effects of other important factors relating to the characteristics of the human and social capital of micro and small enterprises. JEL Codes: J24, O17, O23

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  • Novice Patrick Bakehe, 2016. "Informalité et productivité des très petites et petites entreprises au Cameroun," Innovations, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(3), pages 105-124.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:inndbu:inno_051_0105
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    1. Novice Patrick Bakehe & Georges Dieudonné Mbondo, 2021. "What Drives Informality of Micro and Small Cameroonian Businesses?," Journal of Quantitative Economics, Springer;The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), vol. 19(3), pages 597-610, September.

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    Keywords

    micro and small enterprises; productivity; informal sector; instrumental variables; developing countries;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • O23 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development

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