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Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics UsingMarkov Processes: An Application to Informality

Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper discusses a set of statistics for examining and comparing labor market dynamicsbased on the estimation of continuous time Markov transition processes. It then uses these toestablish stylized facts about dynamic patterns of movement using panel data fromArgentina, Brazil and Mexico...

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Introducing a statutory minimum wage in middle and low income countries : successful implementation of a statutory minimum wage depends on context, capacity, and institutional desi...

Margolis, David N. - 2014

developing countries advance their development objectives, even where enforcement capacity is weak and informality is pervasive. …

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Informal self-employment in Kazakhstan

Mussurov, Altay; Arabsheibani, Gholam Reza - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 9, pp. 1-19

informality amongst self-employed men and women. In addition, the paper examines the response of informality propensities to the …

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Informality, saving and wealth inequality in Colombia

Granda Carvajal, Catalina; Hamann S., Franz A. - 2015

The informal sector is an extensive phenomenon in developing countries. While some of its implications have drawn considerable attention in the literature, one relatively unexplored aspect has to do with the saving patterns of workers and firms and how these might influence aggregate savings and...

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Simplification of labor registration in Argentina : achievements and pending issues

Ronconi, Lucas; Colina, Jorge - 2011

This paper describes the reforms aimed at simplifying the administrative procedures for labor registration and the payment of social security contributions that were carried out in Argentina in 2005 and 2007. Analysis of the legislation, as well as a survey conducted among accountants, reveals...

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Globalisation versus informality : evidence from developing countries

Pham, Thi Hong Hanh - 2011

by trade opening) on informality, while relevant empirical literature has been not well developed. The paper aims to fill … this knowledge gap by shedding further light on the linkages running from globalisation to informality in developing … of indicators most likely to influence the size of informality. Our finding reveals that the indicators with consistently …

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Risk attitudes and informal employment in a developing economy

Bennett, John; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 1 (2012), pp. 1-17

We model an urban labour market in a developing economy, incorporating workers’ risk attitudes. Trade-offs between risk aversion and ability determine worker allocation across formal and informal wage employment, and voluntary and involuntary self employment. Greater risk of informal wage...

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Pension design with a large informal labor market : evidence from Chile

Joubert, Clement - 2014

formal jobs rationing is limited and that mandatory pension contributions play an sizeable role in encouraging informality …

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Informality and long-run growth

Docquier, Frédéric; Müller, Tobias; Naval, Joaquín - 2014

quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor … and long-run growth. Our model can generate transitory informality equilibria or informality-induced poverty traps. Its … calibration reveals that the case for the poverty-trap hypothesis is strong: although informality serves to protect low …

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The value of social security : are formal jobs better?

Madrigal, Lucia; Pagés, Carmen; Suaya, Agustina - 2016

As the population ages, low and unequal social security coverage are among the most pressing challenges in the Latin American region. On average, only 45% of workers contribute to social security, and this figure is much lower for low-income and low-skilled individuals. There are many hypotheses...

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