This study aims to analyze the effects of COVID-19 on actors in the informal economy in Cameroon. To analyze the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on actors in the informal economy, we use secondary data from the National Institute of Statistics (NIS). These data come from a survey of 1310 households. We performed data analysis using comparative methods and a labor market participation model that considers changes in people’s behavior towards health risks in order to explore and compare empirical results with earlier studies. From this analysis, it was revealed that job losses are more important in the informal sector (and, in particular, among men). We note that the absence of wearing a mask decreases the chances of having an informal job and of being suspended from one’s job during the crisis. Likewise, time restrictions that are not appreciated by workers will push actors more towards the informal sector. These results lead to recommendations that contribute towards providing support or direct support to informal workers in the sector.

The aim of this study is to verify the impact of gender budgeting on gender inequalities and on public spending in Sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis covers a sample of thirty (30) countries in Sub-Saharan Africa covering the period 2000–2015. The results obtained using a panel data analysis by the generalized method of moments (GMM) in difference and in system show that gender budgeting significantly reduces gender inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa. JEL CLASSIFICATION: H00; I00; J16

The objective of this paper is to study the effects of labor market regulation policies on the allocation of labor. Specifically, it aims to highlight the effects of regulatory policies on the choice of kind of job, taking into account market segmentation and barriers to entry into the formal sector. To do so, we used the fourth Cameroon Household Survey (ECAM 4) and a self-selection model. The results show that individual and institutional factors are responsible for the misallocation of labor between the formal and informal sectors. Thus, we find that women and youth preference for informal jobs is involuntary because it is constrained by the existence of barriers to entry to the labor market. These results suggest that there is a certain amount of regulatory flexibility to increase the level of formal employment, even to transform informal jobs into formal jobs.

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