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The effect of payroll taxes on employment and wages under high labor informality
Antón Sarabia, Arturo - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-23
This paper evaluates the effects of a fall in payroll taxes on employment and wages in the presence of high labor … formality. The model suggests that the reform would increase total employment by between 0.3 to 0.5 percent and formal … employment by between 3.4 to 3.7 percent over the pre-reform scenario. In addition, formal wage rates would increase by 4 …
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The twin effects of globalization: Evidence from a sample of Indian manufacturing firms
Daveri, Francesco; Manasse, Paolo; Serra, Danila - 2010
earnings and riskier employment prospects. However, they may also have stronger incentives to train and upgrade their skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274735
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Spatial aggregation bias in wage curve and NAWRU estimation
Persyn, Damiaan - 2020
I argue in this paper that the estimation of wage curves and NAWRUs at the country level suffers from spatial aggregation bias. Using European data for the years 2000-2017, I find steeper country level wage curves and higher NAWRUs, compared to estimating at the underlying regional level. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206752
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Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999
Earle, John S.; Spicer, Andrew; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - 2004
What role do community norms play in the diffusion and persistence of new organizational practices? We explore this question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the late and non-payment of wages, in Russia during the 1990s. Existing research on wage arrears most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261776
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Contract Violations, Neighborhood Effects, and Wage Arrears in Russia
Peter, Klara Sabirianova; Earle, John S. - 2004
We present a model of neighborhood effects in wage payment delays. Positive feedback arises because each employer?s arrears affect the late payment costs faced by other firms in the same local labor market, resulting in a strategic complementarity in the practice. The model is estimated on panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261947
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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - 2000
We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262404
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Complementarity and custom in wage contract violation
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2006
We analyze a model of wage delay in which strategic complementarity arises because each employer's costs of violating its contracts decrease with the arrears in its labor market. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification through fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287986
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Contract violations, neighborhood effects, and wage arrears in Russia
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2004
We present a model of neighborhood effects in wage payment delays. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the late payment costs faced by other firms in the same local labor market, resulting in a strategic complementarity in the practice. The model is estimated on panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288020
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Complementarity and custom in wage contract violation
Earle, John S. (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze a model of wage delay in which strategic complementarity arises because each employer’s costs of violating its contracts decrease with the arrears in its labor market. The model is estimated on panel data for workers and firms in Russia, facilitating identification through fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003427035
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Equilibrium wage arrears : a theoretical and empirical analysis of institutional lock-in
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2000
We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339102