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Access to public transport and labor informality
Moreno-Monroy, Ana I. - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
accessibility can result in higher rates of job informality. Reducing informality can be a target for well-designed transport …
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Unemployment compensation and the allocation of labor in developing countries
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - 2013
pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and … show that a reasonable amount of UC may reduce informality, while larger amounts of UC induce large disincentives to go …- conceived UC system. We show that UC finance based on payroll taxes is likely to entail an excess level of informality resulting …
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Economic Growth and Poverty: Does Formalisation of Informal Enterprises Matter?
Ishengoma, Esther K.; Kappel, Robert - 2006
assesses these approaches along with the factors related to informality-formality trade-off and the issue of formalisation as a …
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The Sources of Wage Growth in a Developing Country
Marinescu, Ioana E.; Triyana, Margaret - 2015
What are the sources of wage growth in developing countries? In the US, general labor market experience is the key source of wage growth, with job seniority playing a smaller role. By contrast, in Indonesia, the 10-year return to seniority is 24 to 29%, which is higher than the return to...
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Simplification of labor registration in Argentina: Achievements and pending issues
Ronconi, Lucas; Colina, Jorge - 2011
This paper describes the reforms aimed at simplifying the administrative procedures for labor registration and the payment of social security contributions that were carried out in Argentina in 2005 and 2007. Analysis of the legislation, as well as a survey conducted among accountants, reveals...
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Unemployment protection for informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean
Finkelstein Shapiro, Alan; Sarzosa, Miguel - 2013
We use a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium search and matching model with salaried employment and informal self-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment protection for informal workers through transfers, which are conditional on participation in training...
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Unemployment insurance in high informality countries
Espino, Emilio; Sanchez, Juan M. - 2013
Providing unemployment insurance is particularly problematic in countries with high informality because workers can …
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An exploratory analysis of the effects of the formalisation policy for individual micro-entrepreneurs
Corseuil, Carlos Henrique L.; Neri, Marcelo; Ulyssea, … - 2014
This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the potential impacts of the Lei do Empreendedor Individual (Individual Entrepreneur Law). We intend to present evidence that helps clarify, albeit only partially, whether the policy was successful in promoting: i) micro-entrepreneurship in Brazil;...
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Small firms' formalization: The stick treatment
De Giorgi, Giacomo; Ploenzke, Matthew; Rahman, Aminur - 2015
Firm informality is pervasive throughout the developing world, and Bangladesh is no exception. The informal status of … developing-country setting to deal with the most direct and dominant form of informality: the lack of registration with the tax …
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The big trade-off in the world of labor
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015
The world is changing rapidly. This paper describes key shifts and it discusses their likely impacts on employment-related aspects. Labor market pressures are felt around the globe, and robots and automation increasingly become reality. However, there will be no "end of work". Rather, it is that...
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