The Impact Of Trade Openness On Informal Employment In Cameroon
Auteurs : Koffa Dounia . Tchitchoua Jean .
Résumé
This article aims to analyze the effect of trade openness on informal employment in Cameroon for the period spanning 1991 to 2021. To this end, we employ an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model. We find, on the one hand, that in the short run, trade openness exerts a positive but very weak influence on the rate of informal employment. On the other hand, in the long run, trade openness has a more pronounced and positive effect on the informal employment rate in Cameroon. These results imply that greater trade openness enhances employment prospects over the long term.
Mots clés
Trade Openness ; Employment ; ARDL ; Cameroon
