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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 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 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...
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This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the potential impacts of the Lei do Empreendedor Individual (Individual Entrepreneur Law). We intend to present evidence that helps clarify, albeit only partially, whether the policy was successful in promoting: i) micro-entrepreneurship in Brazil;...
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based on their primary income sources into seven sectors characterised by varying degrees of formality/informality and …
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This paper proposes an extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition from two to a continuum of comparison groups. The proposed decomposition is then estimated for the case of racial wage differences in urban Peru, exploiting a novel data set that allows the capturing of mestizaje (racial mixtures).
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The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation of the labour market is described, focusing on the recent developments since the breaking up of...
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