How is migration related to informal activities? They may be complementary since new migrants may have difficulty … substitutes since migrants' incomes in their new locations and income earned in the home informal economy (without migration) are … an imperfect trade-off. Tajikistan possesses both a very large informal sector and extensive international emigration …

impact on wages in the formal sector vs. informal sector, defined in various ways. We find the evidence from Costa Rica is … minimum wage legislation in what are traditionally regarded as informal sectors and where the legislation is often considered … results suggest that higher legal minimum wages raise the wage of workers in these “informal” sectors more than in the urban …

This paper investigates the relationship between immigration and the size of the informal or underground economy. Using … correlated to the share of unregistered employment, a proxy for the size of the underground or informal labor market. We estimate …

only have an impact on the formal labor market but also an impact on the informal sector. It has even been argued that the … impact on the informal sector in the case of the minimum wage is stronger than on the formal sector. Using quasi … hypothesis. Informal workers, workers without social security contribution, experienced significant wage increases when the …

and less-educated female workers. Using data on previous contacts between workers and firms and on informal channels for … job search activity, we ultimately explore the role of the program in promoting the transition from informal to salaried …

will be due to population growth in Africa. Given this, any policy that influences African demography will have a … fertility and education decisions, and hence, population growth in Africa. We present the results from different scenarios for …