Occupations and Wealth in Developing Countries

Thiago Scarelli (1, 2)

1 PSE - Paris School of Economics
2 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques

This paper examines 1,313 regions from 46 developing countries to document that individuals working outside the context of a firm (own-account workers and family workers) are consistently overrepresented among the poorest workers in their labor markets.

Keywords: Employment; Poverty; Development

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance

Thiago Scarelli. Occupations and Wealth in Developing Countries. 2022. ⟨halshs-03779266⟩