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Subsistence wage employment: Labour market dynamics in urban Ghana

Subsistence wage employment: Labour market dynamics in urban Ghana

Working paper 21 Mar 2025 Firms

To shed light on the causes of elevated exit rates in low-income labour markets, this working paper conducts a panel survey of job-seekers and a complementary survey of firms in Accra, Ghana.

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Subsistence wage employment: Labour market dynamics in urban Ghana

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Peter Deffebach

Researcher, Boston University
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