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High Unemployment in Germany: Why do Foreigners Suffer Most?
Geis, Wido - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2010
-marketsituation component, I find that the unemployment rate of immigrants would lie at 5.6 percentagepoints for zero native unemployment (the … classicalhuman capital (educational degrees and experience) between immigrants and natives.Also controlling for country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013218
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What explains prevalence of informal employment in European countries: The role of labor institutions, governance, immigrants, and growth
Hazans, Mihails - 2011
-to-average wage ratio, with union density, with the share of first and second generation immigrants, and with income inequality, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286017
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What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth
Hazans, Mihails - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
-to-average wage ratio, with union density, with the share of first and second generation immigrants, and with income inequality, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216293
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Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets? New empirical evidence from China
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - 2011
national census survey to investigate discrimination in urban labour markets against rural migrants, by comparing their … differences in their status in the Chinese residential registration system (hukou) we find no earnings discrimination against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282494
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Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
national census survey to investigate discrimination in urban labour markets against rural migrants, by comparing their … differences in their status in the Chinese residential registration system (hukou) we find no earnings discrimination against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416955
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Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets: new empirical evidence from China.
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
regarding pay discrimination against rural migrants. This paper uses data from a random draw of the 2005 Chinese national census … survey to shed more light on the discrimination issue, by making comparisons of earnings and the sector of work between rural … discrimination against rural migrants compared to urban residents. However, rural migrants are found to be discriminated in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040690
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Are all Migrants Really Worse off in Urban Labour Markets?: New empirical evidence from China
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009
regarding pay discrimination against rural migrants. This paper uses data from a random draw of the 2005 Chinese national census … survey to shed more light on the discrimination issue, by making comparisons of earnings and the sector of work between rural … discrimination against rural migrants compared to urban residents. However, rural migrants are found to be discriminated in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969795
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Who Suffers the Penalty? A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Vietnam
Nordman, Christophe J.; Nguyen, Huu Chi; Roubaud, François - 2011
In spite of its predominant economic weight in developing countries, little is known about informal sector income dynamics vis-à-vis the formal sector. Some works have been done in this field using household surveys, but they only consider some emerging Latin American countries and a few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305582
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Government Effectiveness and Regional Variation in Informal Employment
Jonasson, Erik - 2011
This paper analyses the role of government effectiveness in the determination of informal employment. A theoretical model is developed, in which local governance and worker skill level are assumed to influence the decision of the worker whether to seek employment in the formal or informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208558
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Political Change and Informality: Evidence from the Arab Spring
Elsayed, Ahmed; Wahba, Jackline - 2017
This paper examines informality during the political and economic turmoil that accompanied the Arab Spring revolution in Egypt. The paper focuses on unprotected employment and the extent to which it changed by educational level right after the January Uprising of 2011. We find that over time and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816517