This paper provides new evidence on the wage gap between informal and formal salary workers in South Africa, Brazil and … in the lower part of the distribution but almost disappears at the top. The penalty primarily concerns young workers and …

This paper provides new evidence on the wage gap between informal and formal salary workers in South Africa, Brazil and … in the lower part of the distribution but almost disappears at the top. The penalty primarily concerns young workers and …

employment in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, distinguishing between dependent and independent workers. For each country, we use …. The dual nature of the informal sector emerges from our results. In the high-tier segment, self-employed workers receive a … distribution, both informal wage earners and independent (own account) workers face significant earnings penalties vis-à-vis the …

employment prospects of less skilled workers. -- regional employment growth ; low-skilled employment ; skill segregation …

participate in on-the-job training, and to have longer periods of tenure with the same firm than their correctly allocated … the established fact that overeducated workers receive wage premiums for their surplus schooling. The overall results make …

This paper provides new evidence on the wage gap between informal and formal salary workers in South Africa, Brazil and … in the lower part of the distribution but almost disappears at the top. The penalty primarily concerns young workers and …

employment in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, distinguishing between dependent and independent workers. For each country, we use …. The dual nature of the informal sector emerges from our results. In the high-tier segment, self-employed workers receive a … distribution, both informal wage earners and independent (own account) workers face significant earnings penalties vis-à-vis the …

the informal sector earnings gap highly depends on the workers' job status and on their relative position in the earnings …