Covid-19 Pandemic and the Degree of Informality of Sole Proprietor Entrepreneurship (SPE)

Eho Olong, Christopher and Mfondo, Merlin and Tabeko, Gilbert (2022) Covid-19 Pandemic and the Degree of Informality of Sole Proprietor Entrepreneurship (SPE). South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics, 13 (2). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2581-821X

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Covid-19 Pandemic and the Degree of Informality of Sole Proprietor Entrepreneurship (SPE) Christopher Eho Olong Merlin Mfondo Gilbert Tabeko

This study reports a survey conducted July and August 2021 in the cities of Bamenda and Buea respectively capital cities of North West and South West regions of Cameroon amongst 255 sole proprietor entrepreneurs (SPE). The study seeks to examine the personal and Structural factor driving SPE in whole or in part to operate informal and their degree of informality during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study adopted a survey research design. The finding showed that 38.4% of SPE operate wholly informal, 17.3% largely informal, 14.9% largely formal and 29.4% wholly formal since the outbreak of covid-19 pandemic in the cities. Using ordinary logistic regression model, the study revealed that the structural factors of tax avoidance and tax fraud are high in the cities of Bamenda and Buea. Revealing that there is a high significant likelihood that as tax avoidance and tax fraud increase by one unit, more sole proprietor entrepreneur chose to remain wholly informal within the period of covid-19 pandemic. This suggests SPE have adopted tax avoidance and tax fraud as resilience strategies to overcome the challenges posed by Covid-19.
01 29 2022 1 11 10.9734/sajsse/2022/v13i230350 https://journalsajsse.com/index.php/SAJSSE/article/view/260 https://www.journalsajsse.com/index.php/SAJSSE/article/download/30350/56952 https://www.journalsajsse.com/index.php/SAJSSE/article/download/30350/56952 https://www.journalsajsse.com/index.php/SAJSSE/article/download/30350/56953

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Science Repository > Social Sciences and Humanities
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 21 Jan 2023 04:52
Last Modified: 24 Jun 2024 04:06
URI: http://research.manuscritpub.com/id/eprint/1321

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