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Wage Differentials and Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico
Gong, Xiaodong; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
We analyze wage differentials mobility between the formal and informal sector in urban Mexico, using panel data on five … quarters drawn from Mexico’s Urban Employment Survey. We develop a dynamic random effects panel data model. It consists of two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703293
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Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico
Gong, Xiaodong; van Soest, Arthur; Villagomez, Elizabeth - 2000
We analyze mobility in urban Mexico between three labor market states: working in the formal sector, working in the … market state of each individual during each time period. The data is drawn from Mexico ?s Urban Employment Survey, a … quarterly household survey for urban Mexico. Two separate five-wave panels are used: the first covering a period of rapid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262419
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Is informality bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Kwenda, Prudence - 2010
employment in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, distinguishing between dependent and independent workers. For each country, we use …-employment carries a premium in Mexico. In contrast, the upper-tier segment is marginal in South Africa, and informal workers, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269524
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The Dynamics of Local Employment in France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Magnac, Thierry; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2004
We study the impact of local economic structure on employment dynamics. Local employment is decomposed into the product of the average plant size and the number of plants in the area and industry. We estimate the dynamics of both components simultaneously using French yearly data on 36...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261824
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Firm-Sponsored General Training in Frictional Labour Markets : An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael - 2004
According to the classical human capital theory general training is entirely financed by workers. This prediction is at odds with the empirical evidence. This observation inspired new theoretical models of training in frictional labour market. These frictions create incentives for firms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261838
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Legal Minimum Wages and the Wages of Formal and Informal Sector Workers in Costa Rica
Gindling, T. H.; Terrell, Katherine - 2004
The dual economy development models hold minimum wages (among other institutions) accountable for persistent dualism. We use 12 years of micro data on thousands workers in Costa Rica to test whether legal minimum wages have a differential impact on wages in the formal sector vs. informal sector,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261786
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What makes an entrepreneur and does it pay? : Native men, turks, and other migrants in Germany
Constant, Amelie F.; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - 2003
This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition, and the self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272292
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The informal sector wage gap: new evidence using quantile estimations on panel data
Bargain, Olivier; Kwenda, Prudence - 2009
Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion across countries. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269612
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Labour turnover and the spatial distribution of unemployment: A panel data analysis using employment registry data
Pastore, Francesco; Tyrowicz, Joanna - 2012
This paper aims to study whether the local variation in unemployment rates is related to labour turnover and what is the sign of such relationship. In addition, the paper aims to assess the relative impact of inflow and outflow from unemployment on the dynamics of the local unemployment rate....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291304
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Skill-Biased Technical Change in U.S. Manufacturing: A General Index Approach
Baltagi, Badi H.; Rich, Daniel P. - 2003
This article applies recent advances in productivity and efficiency measurement to the evaluation of skillbiased technical change. Using the general index approach we are able to establish an explicit and unconstrained time path for nonneutral technical change between production and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261577