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Fighting employment informality with schooling

Soares, Rodrigo R.; Haanwinckel, Daniel - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)

Developing countries have long been struggling to fight informality, focusing on instruments such as labor legislation …’s schooling and skill level may be more effective in reducing informality in the long term. Higher-skilled workers are typically … informality. …

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Inequality and informality in transition and emerging countries

Dell’Anno, Roberto - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

links between inequality and informality because badly designed informality-reducing policies may increase inequality …Higher inequality reduces capital accumulation and increases the informal economy, which creates additional employment … opportunities for low-skilled and deprived people. Despite this positive feedback, informality raises problems for public finances …

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Inequality and informality in transition and emerging countries

Dell'Anno, Roberto - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)

. Policymakers should consider the links between inequality and informality because badly designed informality-reducing policies may …Higher inequality reduces capital accumulation and increases the informal economy, which creates additional employment … distribution by providing sources of income for unemployed and marginalized workers. Despite this positive feedback, informality …

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The labor market in Israel, 2000-2016

Larom, Tali; Lifshitz, Osnat - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)

groups has increased due to growth in labor income; however, inequality between households has increased. …

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Introducing a statutory minimum wage in middle and low income countries

Margolis, David N. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

developing countries advance their development objectives, even where enforcement capacity is weak and informality is pervasive. …

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Introducing a statutory minimum wage in middle and low income countries

Margolis, David N. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10

developing countries advance their development objectives, even where enforcement capacity is weak and informality is pervasive. …

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Does corruption promote emigration?

Schneider, Friedrich - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Knowing whether corruption leads to higher emigration rates—and among which groups—is important because most labor emigration is from developing to developed countries. If corruption leads highly-skilled and highly-educated workers to leave developing countries, it can result in a shortage...

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Does increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty in developing countries?

Gindling, T. H. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)

Do minimum wage policies reduce poverty in developing countries? It depends. Raising the minimum wage could increase or decrease poverty, depending on labor market characteristics. Minimum wages target formal sector workers—a minority of workers in most developing countries—many of whom do...

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Does increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty in developing countries?

Gindling, T. H. - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)

Raising the minimum wage in developing countries could increase or decrease poverty, depending on labor market characteristics. Minimum wages target formal sector workers—a minority in most developing countries—many of whom do not live in poor households. Whether raising minimum wages...

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Wage policies in the public sector during wholesale privatization

Nikolic, Jelena - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)

Examining the implications of changes in public sector wage-setting arrangements due to privatization is a relatively new area of economics research, with few studies having analyzed the effects of public sector restructuring on relative wages in developed countries. There is, however, a growing...

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