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Wage inequality and informality : evidence from Mexico
Binelli, Chiara - In: IZA journal of labor & development 5 (2016) 5, pp. 1-18
While several studies have documented the expansion of the informal sector and its detrimental impact on development, few have noted that informality and wage inequality tend to move together. Using Mexico as a case study, I show that between 1987 and 2002 wage inequality within informal workers...
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How large are earnings penalties for self-employed and informal wage workers?
Gindling, Thomas; Mossaad, Nadwa; Newhouse, David Locke - In: IZA journal of labor & development 5 (2016) 20, pp. 1-39
This paper examines the earnings penalties and premiums associated with different types of employment in 73 countries. Workers are divided into four categories: non-professional own-account workers, employers and own-account professionals, informal wage employees, and formal wage employees....
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Pension schemes and labor supply in the formal and informal sector
Ceni, Rodrigo - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 8, pp. 1-29
This paper analyzes the participation path of workers in the formal and informal sectors throughout their lives and their pension eligibilities, as well as how the social security scheme can change the aforementioned participation path. High levels of informality have impacts on the benefits...
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Chapter 70. Labor Regulations, Unions, and Social Protection in Developing Countries : Market Distortions or Efficient Institutions?
Freeman, Richard B. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4657-4702). 2010
This chapter reviews what economists have learned about the impact of labor market institutions, defined broadly as government regulations and union activity on labor outcomes in developing countries. It finds that: (1) Labor institutions vary greatly among developing countries but less than...
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Is there an informal employment wage premium? : evidence from Tajikistan
Staneva, Anita V.; Arabsheibani, Gholam Reza - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-24
This paper defines informal sector employment and decomposes the difference in earnings between formal and informal sector employees in Tajikistan for 2007. Using quantile regression decomposition technique proposed by JAE, 20:445-465, 2005 and considering self-selection of individuals into...
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Migration magnet : the role of work experience in rural–urban wage differentials
Michaelsen, Maren; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-25
This study uses the nationally representative Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) to identify systematic differences in earnings returns to human capital endowments for formal and informal sector workers in rural and urban Mexico. Returns to experience are critical in explaining the large urban...
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Wage discrimination against immigrants : measurement with firm-level productivity data
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 15, pp. 1-24
This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination …
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Wage gains from foreign ownership : evidence from linked employer - employee data
Köllo, János; Boza, István; Balázsi, László - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1/3, pp. 1-21
We compare the wages of skilled workers in multinational enterprises (MNEs) versus domestic firms, the earnings of domestic firm workers with past, future and no MNE experience, and estimate how the presence of ex-MNE peers affects the wages of domestic firm employees. The analysis relies on...
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Does education raise productivity and wages equally? : the moderating role of age and gender
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François; Saks, Yves; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 1, pp. 1-37
We estimate the impact of education on productivity, wage costs and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using Belgian … linked panel data. Findings highlight that educational credentials have a stronger impact on productivity than on wage costs … found to be more pronounced among younger workers and women. Findings thus suggest that the productivity to wage cost ratio …
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Chapter 32 New Economics of Manpower in the Post-Cold War Era
Asch, Beth J.; Hosek, James R.; Warner, John T. - In: Handbook of defense economics : volume 2, Defense in a …, (pp. 1075-1138). 2007
Since the publication of Volume 1 of the Handbook of Defense Economics , key events have shaped the defense manpower research agenda and called for research to help policymakers deal with the challenges that these factors presented. One event was the end of the Cold War, which permitted drastic...
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