COVID-19, Lockdowns, and Africa’s Informal Sector: Lessons from Ghana
COVID-19, Lockdowns, and Africa’s Informal Sector: Lessons from Ghana
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COVID-19、封锁和非洲非正规部门：加纳的经验教训
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2020
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Tatenda P. Zinyemba
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E. Avenyo;J. Francois;Tatenda P. Zinyemba
我们利用关于非正规企业的独特调查数据，推断出COVID-19对加纳非正规企业的潜在影响，而不仅仅是目前占主导地位的轶事。我们从封锁如何影响加纳两个城市地区（阿克拉和特马）女性和男性拥有的非正规企业的业绩方面吸取了重要的经验教训。以下结果出现从多元分解回归：首先，我们发现一个无法解释的空间差距，在销售之间的非正式业主居住在阿克拉和特马。第二，我们没有发现销售或创新的性别差距，但是，有解释和无法解释的性别差距，规模如何影响当前的非正规企业的销售。因此，鉴于封锁影响业务表现，我们推测COVID-19疫情可能会增加或引入非正规企业表现的性别及空间差距。
Using unique survey data on informal enterprises, we draw inferences about the potential effects of COVID-19 on informal enterprises in Ghana, beyond the anecdotes which currently dominate the discourse. We draw important lessons on how the lockdown may affect the performance of female- and male-owned informal enterprises in two urban areas of Ghana; Accra and Tema. The following results emerge from the multivariate decomposition regression: first, we find an unexplained spatial gap in sales between informal owners who reside in Accra and Tema. Second, we find no gender gap in sales or innovation, however, there are explained and unexplained gender-gaps in how size affects current sales of informal enterprises. Hence, given that the lockdown affects business performance, we conjecture that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to increase or introduce gender- and spatial-gaps in the performance of informal enterprises.