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Defining informality vs mitigating its negative effects

Bulmer, Elizabeth Ruppert - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)

There are more informal workers than formal workers across the globe, and yet there remains confusion as to what makes workers or firms informal and how to measure the extent of it. Informal work and informal economic activities imply large efficiency and welfare losses, in terms of low...

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Transitions between informal and formal employment: Results from a worker survey in Bangladesh

Gutierrez, Italo A.; Kumar, Krishna B.; Mahmud, Minhaj Uddin - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 9 (2019) 3, pp. 1-27

new survey in Bangladesh. Workers transitioning between jobs are most likely to remain in the same type of employment …

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Informality and exclusion: Evidence from matched employer-employee data for Lebanon and Syria

Alloush, Mohamad; Chartouni, Carole; Gatti, Roberta; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-18

Informality, measured as the share of the employed who do not have access to social security, is high in Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic. This paper uses new data from the 2010 Lebanon and Syria matched employer-employee surveys, which include modules that directly test for ability (Raven's...

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Premium price for natural preservatives in wine: A discrete choice experiment

Chikumbi, Lydia; Ščasný, Milan; Muchapondwa, Edwin; … - In: Wine Economics and Policy 10 (2021) 1, pp. 101-118

The South African wine industry has recently launched the world's first 'no sulphite added' wine made from indigenous Rooibos & Honeybush toasted wood chips. This wood chip contains antioxidant properties known to protect wine from oxidation. On the other hand, SO2 as a preservative, is often...

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Transnational Social Movement Unionism as a Revitalisation Strategy and Chance for Female Trade Unionists? A Case Study from Bangladesh’s Ready-made Garment Sector

Fink, Elisabeth - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 25 (2018) 2, pp. 188-208

Bekleidungssektors Bangladeschs. SMU galt in Bangladesch insbesondere aufgrund des Prozesses der Depolitisierung zivilgesellschaftlicher … garment sector. In the past, the concept of SMU was considered unrealistic in Bangladesh, largely because of the de … Bangladesh, however, remains on the whole ignored. Drawing on interviews with trade unionists and representatives of labour NGOs …

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Die Rolle industrieller Beziehungen im Globalen Süden für soziales Upgrading in Wertschöpfungsketten

Teipen, Christina; Mehl, Fabian - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 28 (2021) 2, pp. 120-147

sechs Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern (Indien, Bangladesch, China, Vietnam, Brasilien, Südafrika) zeigen wir den … and developing countries (India, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Brazil, and South Africa), we illustrate the influence of …

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Tackling undeclared work in the European Union: An evaluation of government policy approaches

Williams, Colin C. - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 10 (2019) 2, pp. 135-147

In recent years, it has been increasingly recognised that governments seeking to tackle undeclared work effectively should adopt a holistic approach. This seeks to coordinate strategy across the fields of labour, tax and social security law, and to use the full range of policy measures...

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Explaining and tackling undeclared work in South East Europe: Lessons from 2019 Eurobarometer survey

Williams, Colin C. - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-18

The aim of this paper is to evaluate two contrasting ways of explaining and tackling undeclared work. The rational economic actor approach theorizes undeclared work as arising when the benefits of undertaking undeclared work outweigh the costs, and the policy focus is upon deterring undeclared...

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Tackling unregistered employment in European regions: Towards a variegated policy approach

Williams, Colin C. - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 12 (2021) 2, pp. 104-122

To tackle participation in unregistered employment, the conventional policy approach has been to deter such work by increasing the penalties and risk of detection. Recently, an alternative preventative approach has emerged that tackles participation in unregistered employment by improving...

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On the relationship between labor market policies and outcomes in Bolivia: A search and matching approach

Nogales, Ricardo; Córdova, Pamela; Urquidi, Manuel - In: Estudios de Economía 46 (2019) 1, pp. 61-87

In this paper we assess the relationship between labor policies and market outcomes in Bolivia, accounting for a large informal sector mostly comprised of self-employed entrepreneurs. We calibrate a job search and matching model to reproduce labor market features in 2013, a period in which...

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