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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....

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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

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

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 …

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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...

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A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms

Andrade, Gustavo Henrique de; Bruhn, Miriam; McKenzie, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Many governments have spent much of the past decade trying to extend a helping hand to informal businesses by making it easier and cheaper for them to formalize. Much less effort has been devoted to raising the costs of remaining informal, through increasing enforcement of existing regulations....

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The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka

de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement for direct registration costs had no impact on...

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Is There a Risk-Return Trade-Off across Occupations? Evidence from Spain

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Hartog, Joop - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We use data from Spain to test for an effect of earnings risk and skewness on individual wages. We carry out separate estimation for men, women, public and private sector employees. In accordance with previous evidence for the US we show the existence of a riskreturn trade-off across occupations...

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Labor Market Institutions and Informality in Transition and Latin American Countries

Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

size of the informal economy. There is also evidence that a larger tax wedge increases informality. The tax wedge … with the literature, which identifies labor market regulation and the tax wedge as important drivers of informality. …

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Pension Design with a Large Informal Labor Market: Evidence from Chile

Joubert, Clement - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

formal jobs rationing is limited and that mandatory pension contributions play an sizeable role in encouraging informality …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779439

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