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Informality and Labour Regulations in Ghana

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  • Otoo, Kwabena Nyarko

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The book makes a major contribution to the controversy about the factors driving the persistence and expansion of the informal economy. Unlike most others studies which either take a structuralist or an actor’s choice approach to the topic, this study combines a careful assessment of the economic, social and political circumstances promoting informality with a meticulously carried out econometric analysis of the dominant characteristics of workers as well as enterprises in the informal economy in comparison to those in the formal economy. Its finding is that contrary to the neoliberal view, overregulation is not the primary driver of informality. Rather economic underdevelopment, which in turn is a result of the interplay of neoliberal policies and insufficient state capacity, is the main cause of informality.

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  • Otoo, Kwabena Nyarko, 2019. "Informality and Labour Regulations in Ghana," Books, Rainer Hampp Verlag, number 9783957102522.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:rhbook:9783957102522
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    1. Glenn P. Jenkins & Richard Sogah & Abdallah Othman & Mikhail Miklyaev & Çağay Coşkuner, 2023. "Estimation of the Economic Opportunity Cost of Labour: An Operational Guide for Ghana," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-21, July.

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    Keywords

    Labour markets; informality; labour regulation; development; Ghana;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
    • J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
    • J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy

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