employment than workers who quitand whether informal employment persists. We find a strong positive link betweenseparations and … informal employment as well as shares of undeclared wages in formal jobs.Our results also show that displacement entraps some … all separators but predominantly on those with low human capital.Finally, informal employment is indeed persistent since …

There is no robust empirical support for the effect of financial incentives on the decision towork in self-employment … wages given up as an employee.Information on income from self-employment is of inferior quality and this is not just … aproblem for the outside researcher, it is an imminent problem of the individual consideringself-employment. We also argue that …

gender earningsgap, from a much lower base). Multinomial logit estimations of employment, unemployment,and inactivity …, and firm characteristics. The overallresults therefore hint at both males and females being hit in terms of employment …