@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6935, author={Charlot, Olivier and Malherbet, Franck and Ulus, Mustafa}, title={Efficiency in a Search and Matching Economy with a Competitive Informal Sector}, year={2012}, month={Oct}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={6935}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6935}, abstract={We consider a dual labor market with a frictional formal sector and a competitive informal sector. We show that the size of the informal sector is generally too large compared to the optimal allocation of the workers. It follows that our results give a rationale to informality-reducing policies.}, keywords={search and matching models;informality;efficiency}, }