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Pension schemes and labor supply in the formal and informal sector
Ceni, Rodrigo - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 8, pp. 1-29
This paper analyzes the participation path of workers in the formal and informal sectors throughout their lives and their pension eligibilities, as well as how the social security scheme can change the aforementioned participation path. High levels of informality have impacts on the benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011710853
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Pension design with a large informal labor market : evidence from Chile
Joubert, Clement - 2014
This paper investigates empirically the fiscal and welfare trade-offs involved in designing a pension system when workers can avoid participation by working informally. A dynamic behavioral model captures a household's labor supply, formal/informal sector choice and saving decisions under the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010359417
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Labor Earnings Dynamics in a Developing Economy with a Large Informal Sector
B. P. Gomes, Diego - 2020
We study labor earnings dynamics in a developing economy with a large informal sector. We use nationally representative Brazilian panel data that cover both formal and informal workers. We document large disparities in earnings fluctuations faced by these segments of the labor market, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012852838
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Pension schemes and labor supply in the formal and informal sector
Ceni, Rodrigo - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 6 (2017) 8, pp. 1-29
This paper analyzes the participation path of workers in the formal and informal sectors throughout their lives and their pension eligibilities, as well as how the social security scheme can change the aforementioned participation path. High levels of informality have impacts on the benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986227
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Effect of informal employment on overeducation in developing countries with a focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Mosengo, Cédrick Kalemasi; Zamo Akono, Christian Marie - 2024
The aim of this study is to assess the effect of informal employment on the occurrence of overeducation in developing countries, focusing on the specific case of the DRC. Using employment data, we determine the incidence of overeducation and we isolate the role of informal employment as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477636
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Formal Effects of Informal Labor Supply : Evidence from the Syrian refugees in Turkey
Gulek, Ahmet - 2022
I study the dynamics between informal and formal sectors by utilizing the Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey. The key to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014242162
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The Impact of Inequality on the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean with a Mimic Model
Takanohashi, Marcos; Ribeiro, Marcel; Schneider, Friedrich - 2023
Vast literature is available covering main Informal Economy (IE) causes and consequences for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), but its size estimation has been mainly limited to worldwide models applied to the region. This paper proposes a MIMIC Base Model using a data set composed by 41...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014348093
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The impact of inequality on the informal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean with a MIMIC model
Takanohashi, Marcos; Ribeiro, Marcel; Schneider, Friedrich - 2023
Vast literature is available covering main Informal Economy (IE) causes and consequences for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), but its size estimation has been mainly limited to worldwide models applied to the region. This paper proposes a MIMIC Base Model using a data set composed by 41...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014285538
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Labor mobility across the formal/informal divide in Turkey : evidence from individual level data
Tansel, Aysıt; Öznur Kan, Elif - 2012
theoretical and empirical research. Turkey, given its economic and demographic dynamics, provides rich evidence for a growing …, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor market. However, the existing evidence on labor informality in Turkey is mixed and … ; Markov processes ; multinomial logit ; Turkey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009529580
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Labor mobility across the formal/informal divide in Turkey :evidence from individual level data
Tansel, Aysıt; Öznur Kan, Elif - 2012
theoretical and empirical research. Turkey, given its economic and demographic dynamics, provides rich evidence for a growing …, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor market. However, the existing evidence on labor informality in Turkey is mixed and … ; Markov processes ; multinomial logit ; Turkey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009407058