SOCIAL PROTECTION OF INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS IN CAMEROON: A DEMAND ANALYSIS
This paper aims to examine the subscription of entrepreneurs in the informal sector to the public social protection system in Cameroon. The analysis covers a sample of 4598 promoters of informal production units (UPI), obtained from the 2nd phase of the second survey on employment and the informal sector in Cameroon (INS, 2010). Based on the review of the economic literature, the econometric results obtained using a Probit estimation with selection bias reveal that entrepreneurs in the informal sector will be less inclined to adhere to a system of public social protection offering the following social benefits: old age insurance, invalidity insurance, family allowance and occupational sickness allowance.