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Labor market search, informality, and on-the-job human capital accumulation
Bobba, Matteo; Flabbi, Luca; Levy, Santiago; Tejada, … - 2019
raise to informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011973074
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Working life and human capital investment : causal evidence from pension reform
Gohl, Niklas; Haan, Peter; Kurz, Elisabeth; Weinhardt, Felix - 2019
In this paper we present a life-cycle model with human capital investment during working life through training and provide a novel empirical test of human capital theory. Using a sizable pension reform which shifts the retirement age between two adjacent cohorts by three years, we document...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139004
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Working life and human capital investment : causal evidence from pension reform
Gohl, Niklas; Haan, Peter; Kurz, Elisabeth; Weinhardt, Felix - 2020
This paper presents a life-cycle model with human capital investment during working life through training and provides a novel empirical test of human capital theory. We exploit a sizable pension reform across adjacent cohorts in a regression discontinuity setting and find that an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157379
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Misallocation, Informality, and Human Capital : Understanding the Role of Institutions
D'Erasmo, Pablo - 2014
the level of informality. We propose a firm dynamics model where firms face capital market imperfections and costs of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056102
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Misallocation, informality, and human capital: Understanding the role of institutions
D׳Erasmo, Pablo N.; Moscoso Boedo, Hernan J.; Şenkal, … - In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 42 (2014) C, pp. 122-142
the level of informality. We propose a firm dynamics model where firms face capital market imperfections and costs of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011051923
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Education-occupation mismatch and its wage penalties in informal employment in Thailand
Vivatsurakit, Tanthaka; Vechbanyongratana, Jessica - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 1, pp. 119-141
This study examines the incidence of vertical mismatch among formal and informal workers in Thailand. Using the 2011, 2013, and 2015 Thailand Household Socio-economic Surveys, the study analyzes the relationship between vertical mismatch and wage penalties and premiums across four types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013328169
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Informality, education-occupation mismatch, and wages : evidence from India
Bahl, Shweta; Sharma, Ajay - 2023
This article examines the intertwining relationship between informality and education-occupation mismatch (EOM) and the … consequent impact on the workers' wages. In particular, we discuss two issues - first, the relative importance of informality and … analysis reveals that although both informality and EOM are significant determinants of wages, the former is more crucial for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228209
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Aging and pension reform : extending the retirement age and human capital formation
Vogel, Edgar; Ludwig, Alexander; Börsch-Supan, Axel - 2014 - This version: December 29, 2014
Projected demographic changes in industrialized and developing countries vary in extent and timing but will reduce the share of the population in working age everywhere. Conventional wisdom suggests that this will increase capital intensity with falling rates of return to capital and increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467965
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Population aging, pension systems, and economic growth : applying an overlapping generations model to the informal sector
Temsumrit, Navarat - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 2, pp. 305-341
This paper analyzes the effects of an unfunded pension system on economic growth using an extended overlapping generations model to include the informal sector. Emerging countries usually have a more significant informal sector than advanced ones. The findings based on the Thai economy data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014426328
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Informality as a stepping stone: A search-theoretical assessment of informal sector and government policy
Tümen, Semih - In: Central Bank Review (CBR) 16 (2016) 3, pp. 109-117
This paper develops a model of sequential job search to understand the factors determining the effect of tax and enforcement policies on the size (i.e., employment share) of informal sector. The focus is on the role of informal sector as a stepping stone to formal jobs. I argue that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012217544