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

promoting informality and reducing participation rates. These effects can be important enough to deserve consideration in policy …

quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor … and long-run growth. Our model can generate transitory informality equilibria or informality-induced poverty traps. Its … calibration reveals that the case for the poverty-trap hypothesis is strong: although informality serves to protect low …

Informality is a defining characteristic of labor markets in developing and transition countries. This paper analyzes …. Simulations show that structural state dependence is weak and that transition rates from informal to formal employment are not …

implications, the concept of informality must be deconstructed. We reclassify employment status into three categories: salaried … the detrimental impacts of informality on casual workers. Experimental interventions could be tried along the lines of …

Informality is a salient feature of labor market in Egypt as it is the case with many developing countries. This is the …

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. …