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Gross Worker Flows in the Presence of Informal Labor Markets: Evidence from Mexico, 1987-2002
Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper applies recent advances in the study of labor market dynamics to a representative developing country with a large unregulated of "informal" sector. It confirms the relevance of the recent mainstream models and debates surrounding gross worker flows to the developing country context,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822912
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Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy; Kanbur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in developing countries. The first is that the informal (or unregulated) sector is more competitive than the formal (or regulated) sector. The second is that contract enforcement is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216748
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Social Insurance, Informality and Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers While Creating Good Jobs
Pagés, Carmen; Rigolini, Jamele; Robalino, David A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the main findings of the book "Social Insurance and Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers While Creating New Jobs." The book conceptualizes and reviews the empirical evidence on the potential distortions that the social insurance system of a country can have on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734419
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Informality and Mobility: Evidence from Russian Panel Data
Slonimczyk, Fabian; Gimpelson, Vladimir - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
patterns of mobility across different forms of formal and informal employment in Russia. Using the RLMS household panel we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128046
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Tax Evasion, Minimum Wage Non-Compliance and Informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy; Siddique, Zahra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal workforce. Our approach allows us to examine (i) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403380
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Cyclical Movements in Unemployment and Informality in Developing Countries
Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper analyzes the cyclical properties of worker flows in Brazil and Mexico, two important developing countries with large unregulated or “informal” sectors. It generates three stylized facts that are critical to the accurate modeling of the sector and which suggest the need to rethink...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761684
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Economic growth, income distribution, and poverty in Poland during transition
Verbeek, Jos - 2004
, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of … environment and the economic growth variables show a relatively sizable degree of variance. In addition, Poland has struggled in … the past few years to reduce poverty while still experiencing positive economic growth. The authors show that in Poland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522869
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Perspectives on agriculture in transition : analytical issues, modelling approaches, and case study results
Poganietz, Witold-Roger (ed.) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001504998
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Forest Institutions in Transition : Experiences and Lessons from Eastern Europe
World Bank - 2005
The overall context for the study is partly provided by the three pillars of the World Bank's new forest strategy (Sustaining Forests: A Development Strategy, 2002), which focuses on how the Bank can most effectively contribute to harnessing the potential of forests to reduce poverty, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255551
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Poland Country Economic Memorandum : The Green Transformation in Poland - Opportunities and Challenges for Economic Growth
World Bank - 2022
Poland's economic development story is one of success: since the early 1990s, the country has transitioned to a market …-income trap and increasing the resilience of its economy. Poland has sustained strong growth over the past three decades, making … considerable gap in both productivity and income convergence when compared with aspirational peers. Poland successfully …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545012