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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 … ratio in Brazil to be as large as 98%, similarly to values previously found in the US. It suggests that, contrary to common …
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Unemployment insurance versus individual unemployment accounts and transitions to formal versus informal sector jobs
Margolis, David N. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003871465
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Unemloyment insurance and transitions in the labor market : an evaluation of the Brazilian program
Chahad, José Paulo Zeetano; Fernandes, Reynaldo - In: Brazilian review of econometrics : the review of the … 22 (2002) 2, pp. 239-274
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Incentive effects of risk pooling, redistributive and savings arrangements in unemployment benefit systems : evidence from a job-search model for Brazil
Robalino, David A.; Zylberstajn, Eduardo; Robalino, … - 2011
We develop a model of job search and use it to assess the effects that the Brazilian unemployment benefit system has on exit rates from unemployment. In our setup, unemployed workers receive job offers from the formal and informal sectors and decide whether to accept them or wait. Only jobs in...
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Heterogeneous impacts on layoffs of changes in Brazilian unemployment insurance eligibility rules
Cravo, Túlio; O'Leary, Christopher J.; Sierra, Ana Cristina - 2020
This paper is based on the first use of program administrative data from Brazil's unemployment insurance (UI) program …
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Government expenditure and informality in an emerging economy : the recent experience of India
Chatterjee, Santanu; Turnovsky, Stephen J. - In: Indian economic review : official journal of Delhi … 58 (2023), pp. 293-318
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Cyclical movements in unemployment and informality in developing countries
Bosch Mossi, Mariano (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745221
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Trade liberalization, labor reforms and formal–informal employment dynamics
Bosch Mossi, Mariano; Goñi-Pacchioni, Edwin; Maloney, … - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 19 (2012) 5, pp. 653-667
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Cyclical movements in unemployment and informality in developing countries
Bosch, Mariano (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper analyzes the cyclical properties of worker flows in Brazil and Mexico, two important developing countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719628
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Composition and determinants of the skilled out-migration in the Brazilian formal labor market : a panel data analysis from 1995 to 2006
Freguglia, Ricardo da Silva; Gonçalves, Eduardo; … - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 15 (2014) 1, pp. 100-117
This paper aims to examine the composition and identify determinant factors of interstate the skilled labor loss in the Brazilian formal labor market between 1995 and 2006, with emphasis on the role of individual motivations and regional factors. In order to estimate such determinants, we use a...
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