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Informal work along the business cycle : evidence from Argentina

Albertini, Julien; Poirier, Arthur; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/19, pp. 1-16

fluctuations in unemployment and informality rates. We identify five stylized facts: (i) Nearly 40% of the fluctuations in the … unemployment rate involves unemployment ins and outs from/to informal jobs. (ii) More than 40% of the fluctuations in informality …-participation matters for the understanding of unemployment volatility but also for the comprehension of the volatility on informality. (iv …

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The organisational commitment of workers in OECD countries

Clark, Andrew E. - In: Management revue : socio-economic studies 22 (2011) 1, pp. 8-27

The degree to which workers identify with their firms, and how hard they are willing to work for them, would seem to be key variables for the understanding of both firm productivity and individual labour-market outcomes. This paper uses repeated crosssection ISSP data from 1997 and 2005 to...

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Labor market policies and IMF advice in advanced economies during the Great Recession

Blanchard, Olivier; Jaumotte, Florence; Loungani, Prakash - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-23

In this paper we present and analyze the IMF’s labor market recommendations for advanced economies since the beginning of the crisis, both in general and specifically in program countries. Our analysis is informed by our reading of the theoretical and empirical literature on the design of...

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Wage subsidies in developing countries as a tool to build human capital : design and implementation issues

Almeida, Rita; Orr, Larry; Robalino Aguirre, David A. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-24

This paper reviews international experiences with the implementation of wage subsidies and develops a policy framework to guide their design in developing countries. The evidence suggests that, if the goal is only to create jobs, wage subsidies are unlikely to be an effective instrument. Wage...

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Policy levers to increase jobs and increase income from work after the Great Recession

Neumark, David - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 6, pp. 1-38

The depth of the Great Recession, the slow recovery of job creation, the downward trend in labor force participation, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill jobs owing to adverse labor demand shifts, and a greater rebound in low-wage than mid- or...

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Introducing a statutory minimum wage in middle and low income countries : successful implementation of a statutory minimum wage depends on context, capacity, and institutional desi...

Margolis, David N. - 2014

developing countries advance their development objectives, even where enforcement capacity is weak and informality is pervasive. …

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Informal self-employment in Kazakhstan

Mussurov, Altay; Arabsheibani, Gholam Reza - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 9, pp. 1-19

informality amongst self-employed men and women. In addition, the paper examines the response of informality propensities to the …

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Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy

Bennett, John; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 1 (2012), pp. 1-17

We model an urban labour market in a developing economy, incorporating workers’ risk attitudes. Trade-offs between risk aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self employment. Greater risk of informal wage...

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Wage inequality and informality : evidence from Mexico

Binelli, Chiara - In: IZA journal of labor & development 5 (2016) 5, pp. 1-18

, few have noted that informality and wage inequality tend to move together. Using Mexico as a case study, I show that … provide supportive evidence that in Mexico higher wage dispersion is one of the channels through which informality negatively …

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Informality: the doorstep of the legal system

Russo, Francesco Flaviano - In: Open economics 1 (2018) 1, pp. 49-70

legalizing. Informality is often the doorstep of the legal system. …

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