, informality decreases from South to West to East to North. However, dependent work without contract is more prevalent in Eastern … dependent informality rates in a country went up together, suggesting that work without contract is pro-cyclical in Europe …. Dependent informality rate is inversely related to skills (measured by either schooling or occupation). The low-educated, the …

Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion across countries. We …

strong limitation, given the compound question of how informality affects earnings inequality. We address heterogeneity …

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 … in informality, whilst low-educated formal workers were more likely to lose their contracts. The results suggest a high …

Mexico. We use rich datasets that allow us to define informality in a relatively comparable fashion across countries. We …