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Labor Market Search, Informality, and On-The-Job Human Capital Accumulation

Bobba, Matteo; Flabbi, Luca; Levy Algazi, Santiago; … - 2019

raise to informality. …

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Workforce Composition, Productivity, and Labor Regulations in a Compensating Differentials Theory of Informality

Haanwinckel, Daniel; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2016

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. …

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Fighting employment informality with schooling

Soares, Rodrigo R.; Haanwinckel, Daniel - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)

Developing countries have long been struggling to fight informality, focusing on instruments such as labor legislation …’s schooling and skill level may be more effective in reducing informality in the long term. Higher-skilled workers are typically … informality. …

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Labor market search, informality and schooling investments

Bobba, Matteo; Flabbi, Luca; Levy, Santiago - 2018

informality may be reduced by either increasing or decreasing the payroll tax rate in the formal sector. They also show that a … universal social security benefit system would decrease informality, incentivize schooling, and increase productivity at a …

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Labor Market Search, Informality and Schooling Investments

Bobba, Matteo; Flabbi, Luca; Levy Algazi, Santiago - 2017

-staggered entry across municipalities of a non-contributory social program. Policy experiments show that informality may be reduced by … benefit system would decrease informality, incentivize schooling, and increase productivity at a relative fiscal cost that is …

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Female labor force participation, labor market dynamic, and growth

Bustelo, Monserrat; Flabbi, Luca; Piras, Claudia; … - 2019

The labor force participation of women is lower than the labor force participation of men. This empirical regularity is particularly acute in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In terms of labor market productivity and growth potential, these lower participation rates constitute a reserve of...

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