In this empirical study we investigate the hysteresis in informal employment rate for six central African countries for the period 1981-2012. We use a more powerful autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average model. This methodology helps to overcome the well-known problem of low power of traditional unit roots tests. The hypothesis is confirmed for all the countries, except for Gabon and the Republic of Congo.
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