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Workforce Composition, Productivity, and Labor Regulations in a Compensating Differentials Theory of Informality
Haanwinckel, Daniel; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2016
closely reproduces the decline in informality observed between 2003 and 2012. The change in the composition of the labor force … the effectiveness of a progressive payroll tax in reducing informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494323
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Fighting employment informality with schooling
Soares, Rodrigo R.; Haanwinckel, Daniel - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
Developing countries have long been struggling to fight informality, focusing on instruments such as labor legislation …’s schooling and skill level may be more effective in reducing informality in the long term. Higher-skilled workers are typically … informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011745354
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Workforce composition, productivity, and labor regulations in a compensating differentials theory of informality
Haanwinckel, Daniel; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2016
closely reproduces the decline in informality observed between 2003 and 2012. The change in the composition of the labor force … the effectiveness of a progressive payroll tax in reducing informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476551
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The informal sector wage gap : new evidence using quantile estimations on panel data
Bargain, Olivier; Kwenda, Prudence - 2009
Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion across countries. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003870836
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The informal sector wage gap : new evidence using quantile estimations on panel data
Bargain, Olivier; Kwenda, Prudence - 2009
Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion across countries. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872717
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Is informality bad? : evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Kwenda, Prudence - 2010
employment in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, distinguishing between dependent and independent workers. For each country, we use …-employment carries a premium in Mexico. In contrast, the upper-tier segment is marginal in South Africa, and informal workers, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003936721
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The informal sector wage gap : new evidence using quantile estimations on panel data
Bargain, Olivier; Kwenda, Prudence - 2009
Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion across countries. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009724405
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Is informality bad? : evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Kwenda, Prudence - 2010
employment in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, distinguishing between dependent and independent workers. For each country, we use …-employment carries a premium in Mexico. In contrast, the upper-tier segment is marginal in South Africa, and informal workers, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725463
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The Informal Sector Wage Gap : New Evidence Using Quantile Estimations on Panel Data
Bargain, Olivier - 2009
Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion across countries. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158055
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Does the minimum wage affect wage inequality? : a study for the six largest Latin American economies
Lombardo, Carlo; Ramírez-Leira, Lucía; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2022
Minimum wage (MW) policies are widespread in the developing world and yet their effects are still unclear. In this paper we explore the effect of national MW policies in Latin America’s six largest economies by exploiting the heterogeneity in the bite of the national minimum wage across local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014466614