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Developments in transport policy : deregulation of public transport in Sweden

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Do bus rapid transit systems improve accessibility to job opportunities for the poor? The case of Lima, Peru

Oviedo, Daniel; Scholl, Lynn; Innao, Marco; Pedraza, … - 2018

inequalities by improving accessibility to jobs and other opportunities. The Metropolitano, Lima's BRT project at inception, had … examine the contribution of Lima's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to accessibility to employment in the city, particularly for …-Destination surveys before and after the BRT began operations to assess its effects on potential accessibility to employment. Findings …

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Simplification of labor registration in Argentina: Achievements and pending issues

Ronconi, Lucas; Colina, Jorge - 2011

This paper describes the reforms aimed at simplifying the administrative procedures for labor registration and the payment of social security contributions that were carried out in Argentina in 2005 and 2007. Analysis of the legislation, as well as a survey conducted among accountants, reveals...

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Does expanding health insurance beyond formal-sector workers encourage informality? Measuring the impact of Mexico's seguro popular

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Seguro Popular (SP) was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences, distorting workers' incentives to operate in the informal sector. The analysis examines the impact of...

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Unemployment protection for informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean

Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Sarzosa, Miguel - 2013

We use a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium search and matching model with salaried employment and informal self-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment protection for informal workers through transfers, which are conditional on participation in training...

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Unemployment insurance in high informality countries

Espino, Emilio; Sanchez, Juan M. - 2013

Providing unemployment insurance is particularly problematic in countries with high informality because workers can …

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Does Firm Heterogeneity Impact the Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes? Experiments in Argentina and Mexico

Chisari, Omar O.; Miller, Sebastián - 2014

rest of manufacturing towards informal small-scale firms. When informality is high, industry could adapt to carbon taxes by …

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Labor Exclusion and the Erosion of Citizenship Responsibilities

Ronconi, Lucas; Zarazaga, Rodrigo - 2015

This paper shows that workers who do not receive legally mandated benefits due to employer noncompliance have a negative view not only of their employers, as has been documented, but also of the State. Those workers believe that the State did not protect their rights, and hence they feel fewer...

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