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Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data
Tansel, Aysit; Oznur Kan, Elif - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500199
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Determinants of Transitions across Formal/Informal Sectors in Egypt
Tansel, Aysit; Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin - 2015
Informality is a salient feature of labor market in Egypt as it is the case with many developing countries. This is the … first study of the determinants of worker transitions between various labor market states using panel data from Egypt. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500284
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Is there an informal employment wage penalty in Egypt
Tansel, Aysit; Keskin, Halil Ibrahim; Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin - 2015
This paper considers the private sector wage earners in Egypt and examine their wage distribution during 1998 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440127
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Defining and Measuring Informality in the Turkish Labor Market
Acar, Elif Öznur; Tansel, Aysit - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500274
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No education, no good jobs? Evidence from the relationship between education and labor market segmentation
Pagés, Carmen; Stampini, Marco - 2007
This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278304
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Is informality a good measure of job quality? Evidence from job satisfaction data
Pagés, Carmen; Madrigal, Lucía - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278215
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An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market
Mendes, Rute; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2007
In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning that the most productive workers and firms team up. We investigate this with longitudinal population-wide matched employer-emplyee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317919
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Government Effectiveness and Regional Variation in Informal Employment
Jonasson, Erik - 2011
This paper analyses the role of government effectiveness in the determination of informal employment. A theoretical model is developed, in which local governance and worker skill level are assumed to influence the decision of the worker whether to seek employment in the formal or informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208558
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Firm-specific training: Consequences for job mobility
Zweimüller, Josef; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2000
This paper analyzes the impact of formal training on worker mobility. Using data from the Swiss Labor Force Survey, we find that on-the-job search activities and, to a smaller extent, actual job separations are significantly affected by both employer-provided and general training. Moreover,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294571
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Temporary Jobs and On-the-Job Training in Sweden - A Negative Nexus?
Wallette, Mårten - 2005
This paper investigates temporary jobs and on-the-job training in the Swedish labour market during the 1990s. The analysis focuses on how the incidence and the amount of OJT differ between workers who hold temporary jobs vis-à-vis workers who hold open-ended jobs. An important aspect is also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208473