Efficiency in a search and matching economy with a competitive informal sector

Olivier Charlot; Franck Malherbet; Mustafa Ulus

We consider a dual labor market with a frictional formal sector and a competitive informal sector. We show that the size of the informal sector is generally too large compared to the optimal allocation of the workers. It follows that our results give a rationale to informality-reducing policies. -- search and matching models ; informality ; efficiency

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Charlot, Olivier ; Malherbet, Franck ; Ulus, Mustafa
Publisher:	Bonn : IZA
Subject:	Arbeitsmarktsegmentation \| Labour market segmentation \| Matching \| Informelle Wirtschaft \| Informal economy \| Allokationseffizienz \| Allocative efficiency \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 7 S., 112,78 KB)
Series:	Discussion paper series / IZA. - Bonn : IZA, ZDB-ID 2120053-1. - Vol. 6935
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/67306 [Handle]
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; E26 - Informal Economy; Underground Economy ; J60 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies. General ; L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure; Industrial Price Indices ; O1 - Economic Development
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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