The Impact of Emergency Job Retention Assistance on Labor Market Outcomes for Informal Firms and Workers in Ghana
Fieldwork by:
Timeline:
Target group:
- Small and medium enterprises
- Informal workers
Outcome of interest:
- Employment
- Firm survival and sustainability
Intervention type:
- Cash transfers
- Conditional cash transfers
- COVID-19 response
- Unconditional cash transfers
AEA RCT registration number:
https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/8833
Research papers:
Partners:
A large share of workers in sub-Saharan Africa work in informal firms and lack access to formal unemployment insurance. Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing emergency job retention assistance to firms and workers on firm survival, worker-firm match survival, and labor market outcomes for firm owners and workers in Ghana’s informal sector. Research is ongoing; results are forthcoming.