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Informality is at the center of the economic debate in Colombia, fueled by the high level prevalent in the country and …-wage costs and the minimum wage on the size of the informal sector, the transition into and out of informality, and wages. Our … results indicate that rises in non-wage costs and the minimum wage, increase the probability of transition into informality as …
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inequality, the size of the informal sector and on labor tax revenues. I show that under reasonable assumptions, cross … strongly affects wage inequality, reducing up to 20% the standard deviation of log-wages, and reduces revenues from labor taxes …
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empirically assess the effect of the minimum wage on unemployment, average wages, sector mobility, wage inequality, the size of … and reduce wage inequality, the policy has the unintended effect of causing labor tax revenues to fall as a result of … growth in American wage inequality in recent decades. In a paper entitled “The Effect of Labour Relations Laws on Union …
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characteristics of the national labour market, this paper presents a survey of the literature on informality and labour market … protection in Vietnam, and analyses the reasons for informality in relationship with the institutional framework. Section 4 …
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The labor market in developing countries is remarkably heterogeneous with a small productive formal sector, enjoying high wages and attractive employment conditions and another large informal sector with low productivity and volatile wages. The informal sector is particularly diverse. In this...
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characteristics of the national labour market, this paper presents a survey of the literature on informality and labour market … protection in Vietnam, and analyses the reasons for informality in relationship with the institutional framework. Section 4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114874
informality and labor income gains in more exposed local markets, driven by job creation and wage growth in the formal sector …
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This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...
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We study the role of self-interest and social preferences in referenda. Our analysis is based on collective purchasing decisions of university students on deep-discount flat-rate tickets for public transportation and culture. Individual usage data allows quantifying monetary benefits associated...
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This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310682