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Social insurance, informality and labor markets : how to protect workers while creating good jobs
Pagés, Carmen; Rigolini, Jamele; Robalino, David A. - 2013
promoting informality and reducing participation rates. These effects can be important enough to deserve consideration in policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229925
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Contractual dualism, market power and informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2011
Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in … unemployment co-exist. -- contractual dualism ; wage dualism ; employer market power ; informality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310689
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Wages and informality in developing countries
Meghir, Costas; Narita, Renata; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2012
regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage … micro data and evaluate the labo market and welfare effects of policies towards informality. -- Informality ; Unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627561
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Enforcement of regulation, informal labor and firm performance
Almeida, Rita (contributor); Carneiro, Pedro (contributor) - 2005
This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its impact on firm performance. Using firm level data on informal employment and firm performance, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, we show that in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115145
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Wages and Informality in Developing Countries
Meghir, Costas - 2012
regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage … micro data and evaluate the labor market and welfare effects of policies towards informality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100382
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Wages and Informality in Developing Countries
Meghir, Costas - 2012
regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage … micro data and evaluate the labor market and welfare effects of policies towards informality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101150
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Enforcement of Regulation, Informal Labor and Firm Performance
Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro Manuel - 2021
This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its impact on firm performance. Using firm level data on informal employment and firm performance, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, we show that in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318251
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Informality and mobility : evidence from Russian panel data
Slonimczyk, Fabián; Gimpelʹson, Vladimir E. - 2013
Informality is a defining characteristic of labor markets in developing and transition countries. This paper analyzes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204504
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Informal work along the business cycle : evidence from Argentina
Albertini, Julien; Poirier, Arthur; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/19, pp. 1-16
fluctuations in unemployment and informality rates. We identify five stylized facts: (i) Nearly 40% of the fluctuations in the … unemployment rate involves unemployment ins and outs from/to informal jobs. (ii) More than 40% of the fluctuations in informality …-participation matters for the understanding of unemployment volatility but also for the comprehension of the volatility on informality. (iv …
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Informalidad en los tiempos del COVID-19 en América Latina : implicaciones y opciones de amortiguamiento
Acevedo, Ivonne; Castellani, Francesca; Lotti, Giulia; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012586219