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Compliance with the institutional wage in dualistic models
Martins, Ana Paula - 2011
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524841
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Compliance with the institutional wage in dualistic models
Martins, Ana Paula - 2011
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524877
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The formal sector wage premium and firm size for self-employed workers
Bargain, Olivier; El Badaoui, Eliane; Kwenda, Prudence; … - 2012
We develop a model where formal sector firms pay tax and informal ones do not, but informal firms risk incurring the penalty associated with non-compliance. Workers may enter self-employment or search for jobs as employees. Workers with higher managerial skills will run larger firms while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548123
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The formal sector wage premium and firm size for self-employed workers
Bargain, Olivier; El Badaoui, Eliane; Kwenda, Prudence; … - 2012
We develop a model where workers may enter self-employment or search for jobs as employees and where there is heterogeneity across workers' managerial ability. Workers with higher skills will manage larger firms while workers with low managerial ability will run smaller firms and will be in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733108
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The formal sector wage premium and firm size for self-employed workers
Bargain, Olivier; El Badaoui, Eliane; Kwenda, Prudence; … - 2013
We develop a model where workers may enter self-employment or search for jobs as employees and where there is heterogeneity across workers’ managerial ability. Workers with higher skills will manage larger firms while workers with low managerial ability will run smaller firms and will be in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010196921
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The insider-outsider theory : a survey
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
costs influence insider wages and outsiders' opportunities and how these costs affect employment and unemployment. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412195
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Wages, Employment and Tenure of Temporarily Subsidized Workers : Does the Industry Matter?
Stephan, Gesine - 2010
short-run wages, but fared significantly better in the longer run. Second, we compare labor market outcomes of subsidized … wages of workers would not have differed significantly, if they had been hired in another industry instead. However, we find … significant differences in short-term wages, employment and tenure outcomes across industries. Finally, from a fiscal point of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139947
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Business taxation and wages : redistribution and asymmetric effects
Bauer, Thomas K.; Kasten, Tanja; Siemers, Lars - 2017 - This version: July 2017
Empirical evidence on the degree of business-tax shifting is rare. It remains open to which extent the tax burden is shifted, whether there are differences for tax increases and decreases, or whether there exists some treatment heterogeneity. Using a large administrative panel data set, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011699190
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Business taxation and wages : redistribution and asymmetric effects
Bauer, Thomas K.; Kasten, Tanja; Siemers, Lars - 2017 - This version: July 2017
Empirical evidence on the degree of business-tax shifting is rare. It remains open to which extent the tax burden is shifted, whether there are differences for tax increases and decreases, or whether there exists some treatment heterogeneity. Using a large administrative panel data set, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011736166
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Informal sector and the developing world : relating theory and evidence to India
Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal - In: The Oxford handbook of the Indian economy, (pp. 253-275). 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009577827