Few studies analyze how the urban wage premium is different for informal workers, and their results are controversial. This paper aims to clarify the reason for this mixed evidence, evaluating how workers’ heterogeneity in terms of labor contract - formal or informal - and occupational...

The urban wage premium (UWP) is a positive wage differential of individuals working in dense areas. Few studies identify and compare the UWP between genders or analyze the female UWP. It is precisely because there is different behavior between genders that the inclusion of women becomes...