This paper examines the impact of the expansion of social protection programs on informality using the case of Mexico … municipalities at different times, we show that, surprisingly, neither significantly affected overall informality. While informality … affect wages or labor mobility in Mexico. Overall, Mexico’s expansion of social protection system came at little to no cost …

stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of workforce. (2) The informal sector is large, mostly due to the …

In this paper we develop a closed economy DSGE model of Pakistan with informality both in the labor and product markets …

It is claimed that introducing flexibility in regulation is a sufficient condition for curbing the level of informality … using Panel Data regression point out that regulation does not significantly affect informality. What matters is the … enforcing the regulation are more important in context of curbing the level of informality. In addition, the dissertation also …

Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labor markets, thus has been addressed in several …, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor market. However, the existing evidence on labor informality in Turkey is mixed and …. In this way, we aim to contribute to the limited body of stylized facts available on mobility and informality in the …

analysis in this report does not find an actual impact of the program (or of its rapid expansion) on informality. The reason …

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