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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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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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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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Can adult education delay retirement from the labour market?
de Luna, Xavier; Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2010
In this paper, we examine whether adult education delays retirement and increases labour force participation among the elderly, a mechanism suggested in the OECD strategy for “active ageing” and the “Lisbon strategy” of the EU. Using register data from Sweden, we analyse transcripts from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522063
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Can Adult Education Delay Retirement from the Labour Market?
de Luna, Xavier; Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholms … - 2008
Several studies have suggested that education is associated with later retirement from the labour market. In this paper, we examine whether adult education, involving enrolees aged 42 or above, delays retirement to potentially increase labour force participation among the elderly. With Swedish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644739
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Can Adult Education Delay Retirement from the Labour Market?
de Luna, Xavier; Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2008
Several studies have suggested that education is associated with later retirement from the labour market. In this paper, we examine whether adult education, involving enrolees aged 42 or above, delays retirement to potentially increase labour force participation among the elderly. With Swedish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652032
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Racial wealth disparities : reconsidering the roles of human capital and inheritance
Sabelhaus, John; Thompson, Jeffrey P. - 2022 - This version: September 2021
In this paper, we present updated measures of racial disparities in wealth using the most recent data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), augmented by household-level estimates of defined benefit (DB) pension wealth developed by Sabelhaus and Volz (2020). Including this important asset,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012818818
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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...
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