Data set submitted for the Article entitled "The Governance of Employment Formalization: Unpacking the Mechanisms of Regulatory Reform on Labor Markets in Africa"

This dataset contains a consolidated macro-panel of 54 African countries spanning 2011 to2020. It includes variables for formal employment, Ease of Doing Business indices, and various macroeconomic controls sourced from the World Bank and OWID,ILO and Word Bank Development Indicators specifically compiled for Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM) analysis."