determinedthatinformal employment has a growing trend in the last quarters of the studied period. Ahigher level of informality is associated …

rest of manufacturing towards informal small-scale firms. When informality is high, industry could adapt to carbon taxes by … numerical experiments, two CGE models calibrated for Argentina and Mexico are used. The 'domestic leakage' is found to be more … relevant for Argentina than for Mexico. …

help Mexico break out from a recent history of economic stagnation and high levels of poverty and inequality that has … hampered the quality of life of its citizens. Indeed, compared with other OECD countries, Mexico performs poorly in indicators … move towards a universal social security system. This is a substantial accomplishment. However, Mexico needs to build a …

This paper examines the impact of the expansion of social protection programs on informality using the case of Mexico … municipalities at different times, we show that, surprisingly, neither significantly affected overall informality. While informality … affect wages or labor mobility in Mexico. Overall, Mexico’s expansion of social protection system came at little to no cost …

stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of workforce. (2) The informal sector is large, mostly due to the …

migrants according to whether they migrate for work or for other reasons. We find informality to be a significant predictor of … than their counterparts in the formal sector. The pervasive nature of informality in many developing countries from which a …

This paper provides a detailed analysis of various dimensions of informality in the Mexican labor market. To understand … the nature of informality in terms of regulations and compliance, the legalistic view, and in terms of productivity view … informality. Questions related to these various concepts, social security and benefits coverage, contractual information, legal …

This paper explores the contribution of the minimum wage to the well documented rise in earnings inequality in Mexico …

Mexico created Seguro Popular in 2002 with the goal of providing free or subsidized health insurance coverage to 47 … that the recent increase in informal employment in Mexico is due to other causes. …