TITLE:
Improving Job Quality in Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina-Faso: Role of the Inclusive Business Model
AUTHORS:
Alban A. E. Ahoure, Kan D. N’Dri
KEYWORDS:
Job Quality, Inclusive Business Model, Propensity Score Matching, Inverse Probability Weighted Adjusted Regression
JOURNAL NAME:
Theoretical Economics Letters,
Vol.10 No.6,
December
25,
2020
ABSTRACT: This study aims to determine the impact of a new
business model, called Inclusive Business (IB) model on job quality in two West
Africa francophone countries, Burkina-Faso and Cote d’Ivoire, using propensity
scores methods and the inverse probability weighted adjusted regression (IPWAR)
for robustness. Results show that employees and self-employed related to
companies which implement the Inclusive Business (IB) Model have higher labor-related revenues, are less
likely to quit their current job and are more satisfied with their labor’s
income in Burkina-Faso. In Cote d’Ivoire, significant results are only observed
for self-employed persons benefiting from this new business model. They earn
more and are more satisfied with their working conditions. The IB model which
seems to be more matured in Burkina-Faso (returns are observed for both
employees and self-employed) than in Cote d’Ivoire, can therefore be viewed as
a channel for job quality improvement in these two West African (francophone)
countries where it is not yet expanded. Public policies are therefore needed to
support the implementation of this new business model.