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The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective
Giles, John T.; Wang, Dewen; Cai, Wei - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
receive generous pensions and face mandatory retirement by age 60, and an informal system, under which rural residents and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371185
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Defining and Measuring Informality in the Turkish Labor Market
Acar, Elif Öznur; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper investigates how informality can be defined and measured in the Turkish labor market. Two alternative … definitions of informality are used to explore their relevance and implications for the Turkish labor market using descriptive … characteristics to the likelihood of informality are investigated using multivariate probit analysis under the two definitions. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886146
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Comparative Advantage, Segmentation and Informal Earnings: A Marginal Treatment Effects Approach
Arias, Omar; Khamis, Melanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233913
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Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data
Tansel, Aysit; Kan, Elif Oznur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labor markets, thus has been addressed in several …, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor market. However, the existing evidence on labor informality in Turkey is mixed and …. In this way, we aim to contribute to the limited body of stylized facts available on mobility and informality in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416951
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Informality and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Fiess, Norbert M.; Fugazza, Marco; Maloney, William F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper examines the adjustment of developing country labor markets to macroeconomic shocks. It models as having two sectors: a formal salaried (tradable) sector that may or may not be affected by union or legislation induced wage rigidities, and an informal (nontradable) self-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761955
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Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics Using Markov Processes: An Application to Informality
Maloney, William F.; Bosch, Mariano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper discusses a set of statistics for examining and comparing labor market dynamics based on the estimation of continuous time Markov transition processes. It then uses these to establish stylized facts about dynamic patterns of movement using panel data from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762022
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Determinants of Transitions across Formal / Informal Sectors in Egypt
Tansel, Aysit; Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Informality is a salient feature of labor market in Egypt as it is the case with many developing countries. This is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125863
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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
promoting informality and reducing participation rates. These effects can be important enough to deserve consideration in policy … design of health insurance, pensions, and unemployment benefits programs. Going forward, there a few general principles that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734419
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Does the Welfare State Make Older Workers Unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper discusses the specificities of the labor market for older workers. It discusses the implications of those specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment benefits indexed backwards and hiring costs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565215
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Unemployment Compensation and the Allocation of Labor in Developing Countries
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and … show that a reasonable amount of UC may reduce informality, while larger amounts of UC induce large disincentives to go …- conceived UC system. We show that UC finance based on payroll taxes is likely to entail an excess level of informality resulting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960130