Heterogeneity in subjective wellbeing : an application to occupational allocation in Africa

By exploiting recent advances in mixed (stochastic parameter) ordered probit estimators and a unique longitudinal dataset from Ghana, this paper examines the distribution of subjective wellbeing across sectors of employment. We find little evidence for the overall inferiority of the small firm infor...

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Autores:
Falco, Paolo
Maloney, William Francis
Rijkers, Bob
Sarrias, Mauricio
Tipo de recurso:
Work document
Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8370
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8370
Palabra clave:
Africa
Developing country labor markets
Informality
Mixed ordered probit
Self-employment
Subjective wellbeing
Mercado laboral - Africa
Autoempleo - Africa
Bienestar ocupacional - Africa
C35, J2, J3, J41, L26, I32, 017
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/