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Cash-on-hand in developing countries and the value of social insurance : evidence from Brazil

Britto, Diogo G. C. - 2016

This paper first exploits a "bonus" policy providing low-income workers with cash grants in Brazil to study the effect of liquidity provision on unemployment outcomes. Based on a RD Design, I find that granting unemployed workers with a bonus equal to half of their previous monthly earnings...

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Introducing unemployment insurance to developing countries

Vodopivec, Milan - 2009

The paper identifies key labor market and institutional differences between developed and developing countries, analyzes how these differences affect the working of the standard, OECD-style unemployment insurance (UI) program, and derives a desirable design of unemployment benefit program in...

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Introducing unemployment insurance to developing countries

Vodopivex, Milan - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

The paper analyzes key labor market and institutional features of developing countries that affect functioning of unemployment insurance: a large informal sector, weak administrative capacity, and large political risk. It argues that these countries should tailor an OECD-style unemployment...

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Motherhood and flexible jobs : evidence from Latin American countries

Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Mata, Dolores de la; … - 2021

occupations- part-time work, self-employment, and labour informality-needed for family-work balance. Furthermore, countries with …

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Twenty years of wage inequality in Latin America

Messina, Julián; Silva, Joana - 2019

This paper documents an inverse U-shape in the evolution of wage inequality in Latin America since 1995, with a sharp reduction starting in 2002. The Gini coefficient of wages increased from 42 to 44 between 1995 and 2002 and declined to 39 by 2015. Between 2002 and 2015, the 90/10 log hourly...

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More work to do? : taking stock of Latin American labor markets

David, Antonio C.; Lambert, Frederic; Toscani, Frederik - 2019

increasing labor supply. We emphasize the role of informality in the dynamics of labor markets in Latin America. A re …-examination of Okun's law shows that informality dampens changes in unemployment accompanying output fluctuations. Moreover, we …' informality over and above what would be expected based on their income and educational levels. Labor market reforms could thus …

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Twenty years of wage inequality in Latin America

Messina, Julián; Silva, Joana - 2019

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Twenty years of wage inequality in Latin America

Messina, Julián; Silva, Joana - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 35 (2021) 1, pp. 117-147

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Does the minimum wage affect wage inequality? : a study for the six largest Latin American economies

Lombardo, Carlo; Ramírez-Leira, Lucía; Gasparini, Leonardo - 2022

Minimum wage (MW) policies are widespread in the developing world and yet their effects are still unclear. In this paper we explore the effect of national MW policies in Latin America’s six largest economies by exploiting the heterogeneity in the bite of the national minimum wage across local...

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Population and labor dynamics in large informal markets: Implications for pension systems with evidence from Ecuador

Velín-Fárez, Margarita - In: Contemporary Economics 15 (2021) 2, pp. 164-186

proportion. Second, Ecuador is among the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with the highest degree of informality in …

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