Abstract
A broad range of knowledges has oriented explanations of occupational choices and motivated empirical researches in testing the driving variables of labour market segmentation and individuals’ labour market participation. In this paper, we study a multinomial logistic analysis of labour contract selection in Ivory Coast. The data were collected on the 2015 National Household Living Standard Survey, composed of 15,861 individuals aged 16-60. The study has three main results. First, females are more likely than males to prefer unwritten contracts to written contracts or self-employment. The forms of compensation held during work lead individuals to choose unwritten contracts to written contracts or self-employment. Second, education levels, age categories and interpersonal networks to access jobs lead workers to choose written contracts or self-employment relative to unwritten contracts. Third, high skilled workers with highest degrees are more likely to choose written contracts relative to unwritten ones but they prefer unwritten contracts to self-employment. These reveal the institutional foundations of occupational choices in Ivory Coast and invite important reforms in labour force and labour market. Keywords: Occupational choice, Contract Selection, Institutions, Multinomial Logistic Regression DOI: 10.7176/JESD/12-24-03 Publication date: December 31 st 2021
Highlights
The pioneering work of Doeringer and Piore (2020) introduced the institutional approach to markets by distinguishing two main types of labour market: an internal market and an external market
A broad range of ideas has oriented explanations of occupational choices, labour contracts, in at least three directions: 1-the Stigler’s job-search theory and recent insights based on compensations before or during work such as cash transfers received and wages (Caliendo and al. 2015), 2-the Spence's job-market signalling theory with current changes focused on education level and diploma (Hopkins, 2012) and 3-the Becker's economics of discrimination with new insights dedicated to the sex or age of individuals (Neumark, 2018)
This paper presents empirical evidence of the driving predictors of labour contract selection
Summary
The pioneering work of Doeringer and Piore (2020) introduced the institutional approach to markets by distinguishing two main types of labour market: an internal (non-competitive) market and an external (competitive) market. 2015), 2-the Spence's job-market signalling theory with current changes focused on education level and diploma (Hopkins, 2012) and 3-the Becker's economics of discrimination with new insights dedicated to the sex or age of individuals (Neumark, 2018). A broad range of ideas has oriented explanations of occupational choices, labour contracts, in at least three directions: 1-the Stigler’s job-search theory and recent insights based on compensations before or during work such as cash transfers received and wages Each of these theoretical frameworks has motivated empirical researches to test the driving variables of labour market segmentation and individuals’ labour market participation with the choice of a specific labour contract. The data were collected on the 2015 National Household Living Standard Survey in Ivory Coast, composed of 15,861 individuals aged 16601
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