Using data from the Vietnam Labor Force Survey, this paper takes a granular look at the mostsalient drivers of labor informality in Vietnam by examining: (i) the nature of labor informalityand transitions from formal to informal employment status and the role of worker characteristics;(ii) the...

We document a clear downward trend in labor market fluidity that is common across a variety of measures of worker and job turnover. This trend dates to at least the early 1980s if not somewhat earlier. Next we pull together evidence on a variety of hypotheses that might explain this downward...

This paper provides first evidence on the effects of local public debt shocks on economic activity for highly indebted local governments. Exploiting two exogenous shocks on public debt that affect French municipalities indebted with CHF-toxic loans, I am able to disentangle the impact of an...

This paper distinguishes two types of urbanization and argues that urbanization without sufficient employment creation in the urban sector might have no economic benefit as it only involves surplus labour in the rural areas becoming urban surplus labour. It argues that China's Hukou system that...

This paper develops a model of rating migration by the credit rating agencies. We analyse how the rating agencies enhance efficiency. In this framework, we also investigate the possibility of a regulator increasing net surplus by appropriate policies. The firms have private information regarding...

Wage dynamics is closely intertwined with job flows. However, composition effects associated to the different sizes and characteristics of workers entering/ exiting into/from employment that may blur the "true" underlying wage growth, are not typically accounted for. In this paper, we take these...

We distinguish and assess three fundamental views of the labor market regarding the movements in unemployment: (i) the frictionless equilibrium view; (ii) the chain reaction theory, or prolonged adjustment view; and (iii) the hysteresis view. While the frictionless view implies a clear...

This paper studies the impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives' probability of moving from employment to non-employment in a segmented labor market that is defined by various combinations of schooling, occupation, industry, district of residence and experience....

This paper studies the dynamic impact of mass migration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel on natives' labor market outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives' wages and employment. The transition of immigrants into a...