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Cyclical movements in unemployment and informality in developing countries
Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F. - 2008
informality are not countercyclical, but, if anything, pro-cyclical. Together, these challenge the conventional wisdom that has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275827
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Trade liberalization, labor reforms and formal–informal employment dynamics
Bosch Mossi, Mariano; Goñi-Pacchioni, Edwin; Maloney, … - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 19 (2012) 5, pp. 653-667
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690164
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Cyclical Movements in Unemployment and Informality in Developing Countries
Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
informality are not countercyclical, but, if anything, pro-cyclical. Together, these challenge the conventional wisdom that has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761684
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The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil : Evidence from Gross Worker Flows
Bosch, Mariano; Goni, Edwin; Maloney, William F. - 2021
This paper studies gross worker flows to explain the rising informality in Brazilian metropolitan labor markets from … and Maloney's (2006) findings for Mexico that the patterns of worker transitions between formality and informality … correspond primarily to the job-to-job dynamics observed in the US and not to the traditional idea of informality constituting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316865
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Informal Labor Markets and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Fiess, Norbert M.; Fugazza, Marco; Maloney, William F. - 2007
This paper examines the adjustment of developing country labor markets to macroeconomic shocks. It models a two sector labor market: a formal salaried (tradable) sector that may or may not be affected by union or legislation induced wage rigidities, and an unregulated (nontradable)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296020
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Informality and macroeconomic fluctuations
Fiess, Norbert M.; Fugazza, Marco; Maloney, William F. - 2008
This paper examines the adjustment of developing country labor markets to macroeconomic shocks. It models as having two sectors: a formal salaried (tradable) sector that may or may not be affected by union or legislation induced wage rigidities, and an informal (nontradable) self-employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268792
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Does formality improve micro-firm performance? Quasi-experimental evidence from the Brazilian SIMPLES program
Fajnzylber, Pablo; Maloney, William F.; Montes-Rojas, … - 2009
This paper employs regression discontinuity methods to identify the effect of formality on Brazilian micro-firm performance. The SIMPLES program introduced in November 1996 consolidated multiple taxes and social security contributions into a single payment and reduced taxes for eligible small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269564
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Comparative analysis of labor market dynamics using Markov processes: an application to informality
Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F. - 2007
This paper discusses a set of statistics for examining and comparing labor market dynamics based on the estimation of continuous time Markov transition processes. It then uses these to establish stylized facts about dynamic patterns of movement using panel data from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275820
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Heterogeneity in subjective wellbeing: An application to occupational allocation in Africa
Falco, Paolo; Maloney, William F.; Rijkers, Bob; … - 2012
By exploiting recent advances in mixed (stochastic parameter) ordered probit estimators and a unique longitudinal dataset from Ghana, this paper examines the distribution of subjective wellbeing across sectors of employment and offers insights into the functioning of developing country labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291445
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Heterogeneity in subjective wellbeing : an application to occupational allocation in Africa
Falco, Paolo; Maloney, William F.; Rijkers, Bob; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 111 (2015), pp. 137-153
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399241