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The sources of wage growth in a developing country
Marinescu, Ioana E.; Triyana, Margaret - 2015
What are the sources of wage growth in developing countries? In the US, general labor market experience is the key source of wage growth, with job seniority playing a smaller role. By contrast, in Indonesia, the 10-year return to seniority is 24 to 29%, which is higher than the return to...
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Globalisation versus Informality: Evidence from developing countries
Hanh, PHAM Thi Hong - 2011
by trade opening) on informality, while relevant empirical literature has been not well developed. The paper aims to fill … this knowledge gap by shedding further light on the linkages running from globalisation to informality in developing … of indicators most likely to influence the size of informality. Our finding reveals that the indicators with consistently …
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Precautionary strategies and household savings
Aizenman, Joshua; Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Noy, Ilan - 2015
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Introducing a statutory minimum wage in middle and low income countries : successful implementation of a statutory minimum wage depends on context, capacity, and institutional desi...
Margolis, David N. - 2014
developing countries advance their development objectives, even where enforcement capacity is weak and informality is pervasive. …
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Globalisation versus informality : evidence from developing countries
Pham, Thi Hong Hanh - 2011
by trade opening) on informality, while relevant empirical literature has been not well developed. The paper aims to fill … this knowledge gap by shedding further light on the linkages running from globalisation to informality in developing … of indicators most likely to influence the size of informality. Our finding reveals that the indicators with consistently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346442
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Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy
Bennett, John; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 1 (2012), pp. 1-17
We model an urban labour market in a developing economy, incorporating workers’ risk attitudes. Trade-offs between risk aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self employment. Greater risk of informal wage...
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Trade liberalization, labor reforms and formal–informal employment dynamics
Bosch Mossi, Mariano; Goñi-Pacchioni, Edwin; Maloney, … - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 19 (2012) 5, pp. 653-667
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Self-employment in the developing world
Gindling, Thomas; Newhouse, David Locke - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 56 (2014), pp. 313-331
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Does unemployment insurance offer incentives to take jobs in the formal sector? : unemployment insurance can protect against income loss and create formal employment
Bosch Mossi, Mariano - 2016
achieving coverage in countries with high informality, financing the scheme without further distorting the labor market, and …
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International housing policy for the urban poor and the informal city in the global south : a non-diachronic review
Chiodelli, Francesco - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 28 (2016) 5, pp. 788-807
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