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Pension design with a large informal labor market : evidence from Chile
Joubert, Clement - 2014
formal jobs rationing is limited and that mandatory pension contributions play an sizeable role in encouraging informality …
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Informality, public employment and employment protection in developing countries
Yassin, Shaimaa; Langot, François - 2017
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching model for developing countries' labor markets where the interaction between public, formal private and informal private sectors are taken into account. Theoretical analysis shows that gains from reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732030
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One country, two systems: evidence on retirement patterns in China
Giles, John; Lei, Xiaoyan; Wang, Gewei; Wang, Yafeng; … - 2021
This paper documents the patterns and correlates of retirement in China using a nationally representative survey, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). After documenting stark differences in retirement ages between urban and rural residents, the paper shows that China's...
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Determinants of transitions across formal
Tansel, Aysıt; Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin - 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/10010469678
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Workforce composition, productivity, and labor regulations in a compensating differentials theory of informality
Haanwinckel, Daniel; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2016
closely reproduces the decline in informality observed between 2003 and 2012. The change in the composition of the labor force … the effectiveness of a progressive payroll tax in reducing informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476551
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Defining and measuring informality in the Turkish labor market
Acar, Elif Öznur; Tansel, Aysıt - 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/10010393847
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Gender gaps in Latin American labor markets: implications from an estimated search model
Tejada, Mauricio; Piras, Claudia; Flabbi, Luca; … - 2021
gender-based contribution rate for formal employees, and changes in formality and informality costs. We find that the impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012486482
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Labor market search, informality, and on-the-job human capital accumulation
Bobba, Matteo; Flabbi, Luca; Levy, Santiago; Tejada, … - 2019
raise to informality. …
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Labor market search, informality and schooling investments
Bobba, Matteo; Flabbi, Luca; Algazi, Santiago Levy - 2017
-staggered entry across municipalities of a non-contributory social program. Policy experiments show that informality may be reduced by … benefit system would decrease informality, incentivize schooling, and increase productivity at a relative fiscal cost that is …
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The effects of pension rights and retirement age on training participation : evidence from a natural experiment
Montizaan, Raymond; Cörvers, Frank; Grip, Andries de - 2009
This paper uses a natural experiment approach to identify the effects of an exogenous change in future pension benefits on workers' training participation. We use unique matched survey and administrative data for male employees in the Dutch public sector who were born in 1949 or 1950. Only the...
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