Papers by Vincent de Paul Mboutchouang
MPRA Paper, 2013
This study aims to contribute to the debate on the determinants of the informal firms' outcomes b... more This study aims to contribute to the debate on the determinants of the informal firms' outcomes by focusing on the potential influence that the family background can have on informal business outcomes in Cameroon. Using data from the Survey on Employment and the Informal Sector (SESI 2) in Cameroun, this study shows that children of self-employed father and/or mother have a better value added, sales in some cases, than entrepreneur that parents does not have this status. This comparative advantage is strengthened when the transmission is between a father and his son or when the child, regardless of gender, is engaged in the same branch of activity as his parent(s). This transmission consists of the dissemination of a stock of human capital in the form of specific skills.
Graphique 3.9 : régularité dans l'emploi en fonction du statut vis à vis du PED et des TRE. 70 Gr... more Graphique 3.9 : régularité dans l'emploi en fonction du statut vis à vis du PED et des TRE. 70 Graphique 3.10 : rémunération de l'emploi en fonction du statut vis à vis du PED et des TRE.
Revue économique, 2021
International audienceThis paper examines the effect of the historical past on the level of conte... more International audienceThis paper examines the effect of the historical past on the level of contemporary diversification of the former colonies. Following the work of Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson [2001] and Easterly and Levine [2016], this article shows that settler mortality, the settlement rate of settlers in ex-colonies and the percentage of the European population among the indigenous people affect the level of diversification of former colonies. This result is robust while controlling by historical, economic, sociocultural and institutional variables. The results obtained by an analysis in OLS are consolidated through a GETS approach. In the same way, this article exposes two main channels through which history influences diversification: the channel of institutions and human capital
A peace agreement signed in January 2002 marked the end of the war and the beginning of the trans... more A peace agreement signed in January 2002 marked the end of the war and the beginning of the transition to peace. The government of Sierra Leone implemented a range of post-conflict policies. These policies included economic measures to encourage economic growth and employment opportunities, and active labour-market policies—particularly skills development training—to increase youth employability.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
This paper provides evidences of the lasting effects conflict exposure during different stages of... more This paper provides evidences of the lasting effects conflict exposure during different stages of life on the long-term labor-market outcomes of civilians in Sierra Leone. We took advantage of variations in time and location of the conflict and used a combination of data from the Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey (2011) and various other data related to human-rights violations and loss of assets during war. Our results suggest a negative effect of conflict exposure during primary school age on long-term labor-market participation and employment. More precisely, exposure during this stage of life can reduce participation in the labor market or employment by up to 3%. The study also established the negative impact of conflict exposure from utero stage through primary-school age on hourly wages.
African Development Review, Mar 1, 2018
One of the most salient features of developing countries is the preponderance of the informal sec... more One of the most salient features of developing countries is the preponderance of the informal sector. This sector employs more than 90% of the labour in Cameroon. The main objective of this paper is to empirically examine gender factors that determine informal labour force participation in Cameroon with particular emphasis on the role of education. In order to achieve this objective, the paper used probit model on data collected from the second Cameroon Labour Force survey. Three models were estimated for the two gender sub samples and the total sample. Results from the data analysis reveal that education plays a very important role in explaining men and women decision to join the informal labour market. More precisely, at lower level of education, notably the primary level, women were more likely to join the informal sector of employment. At secondary level of education, women remained more likely to participate in the informal sector whereas the situation reverses for men. Another gender difference highlighted in the study is the fact that with the marital status: married men were more likely to join the informal employment unlike married women. Other factors significantly influencing informal Labour Force Participation include religion, age and urban zone of residence.
African Development Review
Revue internationale P.M.E.: Économie et gestion de la petite et moyenne entreprise
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Papers by Vincent de Paul Mboutchouang