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fractionalization is correlated with a higher unemployment rate. This is probably mainly because fractionalization reduces labor market …
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The purpose of the paper is to examine the nature of Greek regional unemployment. The paper contributes to the … literature assessing the stochastic properties of Greek unemployment rate in the context of the Greek regions by relying on … in all cases, after taking into account the fact that regional unemployment rates in Greece are subject to a structural …
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This Paper presents new evidence on the determinants of unemployment duration for men and women in Britain in the 1990s … the probability of unemployment spells ending with moves into full and part-time employment, self-employment and economic … inactivity. The data show that the median duration of unemployment spells among men, at 5 months, is almost double that for women …
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This paper considers estimation of a pure equilibrium search model in which all heterogeneity is endogenous and due to information asymmetries, and of variations that allow better fits to the data. Measurement error and heterogeneity in the productivity levels of firms. The model is fit to a...
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Understanding the reasons underlying income inequality has been the aim of much research in recent years. However, there are few structural investigations of the effects of the forces shaping the evolution of income inequality specifically between advanced economies. This paper proposes a...
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We study the dynamic general equilibrium effects of introducing a social pension program to elderly informal sector workers in developing countries who lack formal risk sharing mechanisms against income and longevity risks. To this end, we formulate a stochastic dynamic general equilibrium model...
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, salary levels, inflation, unemployment and excessive regulation as potential incentives or deterrents for the informal …
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Our paper investigates the size and development of the informal sector in Nepal using aggregate data over the period 1991 to 2009. Our estimation using the Multiple Indicator Multiple Cause (MIMIC) model shows that the average size of the informal sector has been about 44%. Nepal has been...
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This paper examines the determinants of the decision of owners of small enterprises in Ghana to participate in the informal sector at start-up. For enterprises participating in the informal sector, the paper evaluates whether there are linkages with formal sector enterprises, and the...
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The purpose of this paper is to try to analyze the Shadow Economy (SE) and its determinants by means of the Structural Equation Model (SEM)-Partial Least Squares (PLS). The overall topic of the SEM-PLS approach is controversially debated in the literature. In the past decades, the focus on the...
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