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This paper revisits the no-recall assumption in job search models with take-it-or-leave-it offers. Workers who can recall previously encountered potential employers in order to engage them in Bertrand bidding have a distinct advantage over workers without such attachments. Firms account for this...
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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 …
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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 …
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Informality is a salient feature of labor market in Egypt as it is the case with many developing countries. This is the …
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This paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to empirically analyze labor supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...
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This paper studies the impact of informality on the long-run relationship between inflation and unemployment in … developing economies. I present a dynamic general equilibrium model with informality in both labor and goods markets and where … informality when considering the inflation-unemployment trade-off in the conduct of monetary policy. …
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number of studies argue that, at least for some workers, the informality status may be driven by choice rather than exclusion … different types of informal jobs. More importantly, the results suggest that across different definitions, informality does not …
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This paper studies how local school competition affects teacher wages at markets where wages are set via individual wage bargaining. Using regional variation in private school entry generated by a Swedish reform which allowed private schools to enter freely and a comprehensive matched employer...
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This paper investigates whether differential treatment of men and women in the labor market is due to unobservable differences in productivity or if it is motivated by a taste for discrimination. While studies on sex-discrimination typically control for human capital (formal education,...
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Using estimates of earnings functions in Ghana, this paper examines patterns of labor market segmentation with regard to formal and informal employment. Persistent earnings differentials are used as indicators of limited mobility across segments of the employed labor force. We find evidence of...
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