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28 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16589
Economic Sanctions and Informal Employment
Ali Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Roberto Nistico
published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 89, 102581
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16445
Risk Attitudes and Informal Employment in Ukraine
Thomas Dohmen, Melanie Khamis, Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14650
Import Competition and Informal Employment: Empirical Evidence from China
Feicheng Wang, Zhe Liang, Hartmut Lehmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14601
Welfare Effects of Unemployment Benefits When Informality Is High
Hannah Liepmann, Clemente Pignatti
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 229, 105032.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14278
By Choice or by Force? Exploring the Nature of Informal Employment in Urban Mexico
Robert Duval Hernández
published as 'Choices and Constraints: The Nature of Informal Employment in Urban Mexico' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58 (7), 1349-1362
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13986
The Effect of Fertility on Female Labor Supply in a Labor Market with Extensive Informality
Semih Tumen, Belgi Turan
published in: Empirical Economics, 2023, 65 (4), 1855-1894
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12256
Youth Labour Markets in Developing and Developed Countries: The Role of the Sectoral Composition of Production
Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11272
The Economic and Social Determinants of Migrants' Well-Being during the Global Financial Crisis
Alexander M. Danzer, Barbara Dietz
published as 'Migrants’ well-being during the global financial crisis: economic and social predictors' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (3), 770-787
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11256
Informal Employment Relationships and the Labor Market: Is There Segmentation in Ukraine?
Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics 2018, 46 (3), 838-857
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11245
Political Change and Informality: Evidence from the Arab Spring
Ahmed Elsayed, Jackline Wahba
published as 'Political Change and Informality' in: Economics of Transition, 2019, 27 (1), 31 - 66
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10966
The Impact of the Action Plan for Promoting Employment and Combating Unemployment on Employment Informality in Algeria
Ali Souag, Ragui Assaad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10139
Informal Employment in China: Trends, Patterns and Determinants of Entry
Zhe Liang, Simon Appleton, Lina Song
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9642
Immigration and Prices: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Binnur Balkan, Semih Tumen
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29(3), 657-686
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9589
The Effect of Doubling the Minimum Wage on Employment: Evidence from Russia
Alexander Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2016, 5:6
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9359
Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty in Egypt?
Aysit Tansel, Halil Ibrahim Keskin, Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir
revised version published as 'Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty ine from Egypt: EvidencQuantile Regression on Panel Data' in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 58 (6), 2949-2979.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8687
Informal Employment in Transition Countries: Empirical Evidence and Research Challenges
Hartmut Lehmann
published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2015, 57 (1), 1-30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7878
Minimum Wages, Unemployment and Informality: Evidence from Panel Data on Russian Regions
Alexander Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7844
Re-defining Informal Employment and Measuring its Determinants: Evidence from Russia
Hartmut Lehmann, Anzelika Zaiceva
published in: Journal of International Development, 2015, 27 (4), 464 - 488
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7149
Who Suffers the Penalty? A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Vietnam
Huu Chi Nguyen, Christophe Jalil Nordman, François Roubaud
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 49 (12), 1694-1710
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7098
Cross-Border Spillover: U.S. Gun Laws and Violence in Mexico
Arindrajit Dube, Oeindrila Dube, Omar García-Ponce
published in: American Political Science Review, 2013, 107 (3), 397-417
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6836
How Different Are the Wage Curves for Formal and Informal Workers? Evidence from Turkey
Badi H. Baltagi, Yusuf Soner Baskaya, Timur Hulagu
published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2013, 92, 271-283.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6727
Is There an Informal Employment Wage Premium? Evidence from Tajikistan
Reza Arabsheibani, Anita Staneva
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:1
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6556
The Formal/Informal Employment Earnings Gap: Evidence from Turkey
Aysit Tansel, Elif Öznur Acar
published in: John A. Bishop and Juan Gabriel Rodrigue (eds.), Inequality after the 20th Century: Papers from the Sixth ECINEQ Meeting (Research on Economic Inequality Book 24) ,2016, 123-156
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6313
Does Formal Work Pay? The Role of Labor Taxation and Social Benefit Design in the New EU Member States
Johannes Koettl, Michael Weber
published in: Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 34, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6268
Are All Migrants Really Worse Off in Urban Labour Markets? New Empirical Evidence from China
Jason Gagnon, Theodora Xenogiani, Chunbing Xing
published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2014, 3:17
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5872
What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries: The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth
Mihails Hazans
published as: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5917, 2011/12
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5871
Informal Workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 Countries
Mihails Hazans
extended version published as 'Informal workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 European countries', as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5912, 2011/12
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2473
On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector
Andrew Henley, Reza Arabsheibani, Francisco G. Carneiro
published in: World Development, 2009, 37(5), 992-1003
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