Little is known about the informal sector's income structure vis-à-vis the formal sector,
despite its predominant economic weight in developing countries. While most of the papers …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to analyze gender disparities in labor earnings for a
comprehensive set of 64 countries. Design/methodology/approach–Using the …

This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around
the world. Disparities are partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio …

In this paper, we measure, compare and analyse gender and ethnic earnings gaps in seven
West African capitals using data from an original series of urban household surveys. Our …

We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new
evidence on the magnitude of the gender performance gap. After controlling for business …

This chapter reviews empirical studies on the examination of wage inequality in Sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA) and provides theoretical background on market discrimination …

Using matched employer-employee data collected in seven African countries, we present
comparative evidence on the magnitude of the gender wage gap in African manufacturing …

This article investigates the gender differential effects of technical and vocational education
and training (TVET) in Tanzania, using data from the 2014 Integrated Labour Force Survey …

This paper uses the 2005 Ethiopian Labour Force Survey to analyse the gender pay gap in
Ethiopia. A particular attention is drawn on the relative importance of education parity to …

The COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the global economy has exposed not just the dominant
nature of informal sector in Africa economy but also the vulnerability of the women in the …