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The impact of robots in Latin America : evidence from local labor markets

Brambilla, Irene; César, Andrés; Falcone, Guillermo; … - 2023

in labor market indicators such us unemployment and labor informality. We document that robots mainly replace formal …

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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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Poverty and informality in Ecuador

Canelas, Carla - 2015

poverty and informality in the country, taking into account the simultaneous two-way relationship between these two phenomena …

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Unemployment dynamics with informality : an empirical analysis for a developing country

Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Foguel, Miguel Nathan; … - 2023

decomposition unveils that the contribution of the flow from informality to unemployment is larger than that of the flow from formal …

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Climate policies and labor markets in developing countries

Reidt, Noe - 2021

informality can utilize climate policies to improve labor conditions while reaching their climate targets. …

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Why should we integrate income and employment support? : a conceptual and empirical investigation

Asenjo, Antonia; Escudero, Verónica; Liepmann, Hannah - 2022

The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes - such as unemployment insurance and social assistance - has been a key component of social protection in high-income countries since the 1990s, with a rich literature reviewing its effects and implementation...

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Cash-on-hand in developing countries and the value of social insurance : evidence from Brazil

Britto, Diogo G. C. - 2016

This paper first exploits a "bonus" policy providing low-income workers with cash grants in Brazil to study the effect of liquidity provision on unemployment outcomes. Based on a RD Design, I find that granting unemployed workers with a bonus equal to half of their previous monthly earnings...

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Motherhood and flexible jobs : evidence from Latin American countries

Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Mata, Dolores de la; … - 2021

occupations- part-time work, self-employment, and labour informality-needed for family-work balance. Furthermore, countries with …

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Twenty years of wage inequality in Latin America

Messina, Julián; Silva, Joana - 2019

This paper documents an inverse U-shape in the evolution of wage inequality in Latin America since 1995, with a sharp reduction starting in 2002. The Gini coefficient of wages increased from 42 to 44 between 1995 and 2002 and declined to 39 by 2015. Between 2002 and 2015, the 90/10 log hourly...

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More work to do? : taking stock of Latin American labor markets

David, Antonio C.; Lambert, Frederic; Toscani, Frederik - 2019

increasing labor supply. We emphasize the role of informality in the dynamics of labor markets in Latin America. A re …-examination of Okun's law shows that informality dampens changes in unemployment accompanying output fluctuations. Moreover, we …' informality over and above what would be expected based on their income and educational levels. Labor market reforms could thus …

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