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Using a simple game-theoretical model, this paper provides a new explanation for why large firms in developing economies may willingly pay higher wages than market wage rate. We show that large firms can strategically create entry barriers to the modern sector by setting high wage standards....
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El objetivo principal de este artículo es someter a prueba la existencia de diferencias de los ingresos laborales entre los puestos de trabajo asalariado y los puestos de trabajo autogenerados ocupados por personas que son iguales en los mercados laborales del Perú. Para este fin, se utiliza...
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The incorporation of self employed workers into social protection systems constitutes a relevant challenge for Uruguay, as well as for other countries in the region. Among the strategies to this end, some countries have designed specific systems for this group of workers. In that context,...
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This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labour market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour...
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This paper gives a comprehensive picture of job and worker flows for the entire Danish economy. We exploit a unique central administrative register encompassing all employees of all workplaces across all sectors throughout two business cycles. This enables us to broaden the focus of the previous...
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El presente documento tiene por objetivo caracterizar la informalidad en Colombia. Se discuten las diferentes alternativas que se han considerado para definir y medir la informalidad y, con base en criterios técnicos, se emplea la definición asociada a la no afiliación a seguridad social...
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Analyzing the self-selection of workers into formal and informal sector employment in Tajikistan, a poor transition economy, with higher informal sector than formal sector wages and an informal sector employment share exceeding 50 percent, we find that the selection of formal and informal sector...
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I estimate the relative magnitudes of worker switching costs and how much the employer switching of experienced engineers responds to outside wage offers. Institutional features imply that voluntary turnover dominates switching in the market for Swedish engineers from 1970--1990. I use data on...
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This paper gives a comprehensive picture of job and worker flows for the entire Danish economy. We exploit a unique central administrative register encompassing all employees of all establishments across all sectors throughout two business cycles. This enables us to broaden the focus of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005646972
Ecuaciones de Mincer ampliadas con variables de tamaño de las empresas y corregidas por sesgo de selectividad arrojan resultados que son consistentes con las teorías del capital humano y de la segmentación. Mayores dotaciones de capital humano y de capital físico de las empresas se...
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