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234 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18234
Minimum Wages and Informality
Ellora Derenoncourt, Francois Gerard, Lorenzo Lagos, Claire Montialoux
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17990
Formal and Informal Debt in China: Evidence from the 2014 Hukou Reform
Lei Xu, Massimiliano Tani, Yu Zhu, Xin Wen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17916
Motherhood and Informality: Empirical Evidence from Russia
Arlan Musayir, Reza Arabsheibani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17886
Participation in Pension Programs in Low and Middle Income Countries
John T. Giles, Clement Joubert, Tomoaki Tanaka
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17876
Life Cycle Saving in a High-Informality Setting
Clement Joubert, Priyanka Kanth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17597
Unions and Collective Bargaining in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Insights from Quantitative Studies
Uwe Jirjahn
revised version forthcoming in: Industrielle Beziehungen - German Journal of Industrial Relations
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17557
Long-Run Estimates of the Global Informal Economies and New Insights for 152 Countries over 1997 to 2022 Using an Enhanced MIMIC Approach
Alban Asllani, Roberto Dell'Anno, Friedrich Schneider
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17490
The Hidden Value of Adult Informal Care in Europe
Joan Costa-Font, Cristina Vilaplana-Prieto
published in: Health Economics, 2025, 34 (4), 791-812
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17232
Effects of Health Shocks on Adult Children's Labor Market Outcomes and Well-Being
Eduardo Ramirez Lizardi, Elisabeth Fevang, Knut Røed, Henning Øien
published online in: Health Economics, 25 June 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17209
Exports and Jobs for Inclusive Growth in Cambodia
Deeksha Kokas, Jaime Alfonso Roche Rodriguez, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Raymond Robertson, Wendy Karamba
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17197
The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on Long-Term Care: Evidence on Prices
Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan, Mia Teschner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17094
Comprehensive Assessment of the Impact of Mandatory Community-Based Health Insurance in Burkina Faso
Delphine Boutin, Laurene Petifour, Yvonne Allard, Souleymane Kontoubré, Valéry Ridde
published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 371, 117870
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17042
Informal Incentives and Labor Markets
Matthias Fahn, Takeshi Murooka
published in: Economic Journal, 2025, 135 (665), 144–179
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16615
The "Demise of the Caregiving Daughter"? Gender Employment Gaps and the Use of Formal and Informal Care in Europe
Eric Bonsang, Joan Costa-Font
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. 16225
Are Informal Self-Employment and Informal Employment as Employee Behaviorally Distinct Labor Force States?
Luca Flabbi, Mauricio Tejada
published in: Economics Letters, 2023, 231, 111278, October
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16150
Improving Health and Safety in the Informal Sector: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Bangladesh
Asadul Islam, Wang-Sheng Lee, Margaret Triyana, Xing Xia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16124
Long-Run Consequences of Informal Elderly Care and Implications of Public Long-Term Care Insurance
Thorben Korfhage, Björn Fischer
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 96, 102884
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15881
Implicit Contracts, Incentive Compatibility, and Involuntary Unemployment: Thirty Years On
W. Bentley MacLeod, James Malcomson
published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economicsi (JITE), 2023, 179 (3), 470 - 499
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