On gender and spatial gaps in Africa's informal sector: Evidence from urban Ghana

被引：3

作者：

Avenyo, Elvis Korku ^{[1
,2
]}

Francois, John Nana ^{[3
]}

Zinyemba, Tatenda P. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Int Dev, 3 Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TB, England

[2] Univ Johannesburg, South African Res Chair Ind Dev, Johannesburg, South Africa

[3] West Texas A&M Univ, Coll Business, 2501 4th Ave, Canyon, TX 79015 USA

[4] United Nations Univ, MERIT, Boschstr 24, NL-6211 AX Maastricht, Netherlands

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2021年 / 199卷

关键词：

Gender; Spatial gap; Informal enterprises; Urban areas; sub-Saharan Africa; Ghana;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109732

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We employ unique survey data collected in 2016 in two urban areas in Ghana - Accra and Tema - to examine gender and spatial gaps in sales and innovation. Multivariate decomposition analyses of the data uncover the following results: First, there is an unexplained spatial gap in sales between informal enterprise owners residing in Accra and Tema. Second, there are no gender gaps in sales and innovation. However, there are explained and unexplained gender-gaps in how the previous sales (size) of an informal enterprise affects current sales. We discuss the implications of these findings. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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