Thesis
Occupational choices and their outcomes in African labour markets
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This thesis is an investigation into the microeconomic mechanisms that govern some of the occupational choices faced by workers in Sub-Saharan Africa, and into the monetary and non-monetary returns to their decisions.
Chapter 1 begins by exploring the decision process that leads workers to allocate themselves to different occupations within the economy. In particular, I investigate the role of risk-aversion in the allocation of workers between formal and informal jobs in Ghana, hence...
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- 2011
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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English
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2012-08-07
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- Copyright holder:
- Falco, P
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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