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

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

labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and … informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …. Our results offer evidence for both comparative advantage and segmentation. No significant differences between the …

labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and … informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …. Our results offer evidence for both comparative advantage and segmentation. No significant differences between the …

This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three … if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter. Longitudinal data are used to assess wage differentials and … mobility under the assumption of no segmentation. It finds evidence of a formal wage premium relative to informal salaried jobs …

raise to informality. …

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. …

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 …

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