labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and … are more consistent with segmentation. -- Marginal treatment effects ; occupational choice ; segmentation ; earnings … informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …

closely reproduces the decline in informality observed between 2003 and 2012. The change in the composition of the labor force … the effectiveness of a progressive payroll tax in reducing informality. …

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

share the results with firms increases workseekers' employment and earnings. It also aligns their beliefs and search … search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms increases callbacks. These …

share the results with firms increases workseekers' employment and earnings. It also aligns their beliefs and search … search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms increases callbacks. These …

the changing structure of earnings in self-employment relative to salaried work. Our analysis allows workers to sort into … self-employment for different reasons, including expected earnings differentials and endogenous capital accumulation whilst …

of earnings in self-employment relative to salaried work. We decompose earnings in a two-sector labour market allowing …

, incentivized task, and survey data - but does not increase total search effort. It also raises earnings and job quality, consistent …

size of the informal economy. There is also evidence that a larger tax wedge increases informality. The tax wedge … with the literature, which identifies labor market regulation and the tax wedge as important drivers of informality. …