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70 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15794
The Perverse Effect of Flexible Work Arrangements on Informality
Edoardo di Porto, Pietro Garibaldi, Giovanni Mastrobuoni, Paolo Naticchioni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15760
Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor
Pavel Chakraborty, Rahul Singh, Vidhya Soundararajan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15626
Is International Trade Always Beneficial to Labor Markets? A Case Study from Egypt
Raymond Robertson, Mexico Alberto Vergara Bahena, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15564
Labor Informality and Market Segmentation in Senegal
Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Emmanuel Vazquez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15440
Finance, Informal Competition, and Expectations: A Firm-Level Analysis
Emanuele Brancati, Michele Di Maio, Aminur Rahman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15437
New Perspectives on Inequality in Latin America
Manuel Fernández, Gabriela Serrano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14186
Gender Gaps in Latin American Labor Markets: Implications from an Estimated Search Model
Mauricio Tejada, Claudia Piras, Luca Flabbi, Monserrat Bustelo
published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 142, 2021, 111-178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14060
Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations
Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Costas Meghir, Gabriel Ulyssea
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13953
Consequences of a Massive Refugee Influx on Firm Performance and Market Structure
Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Yusuf Kenan Bağır, Seyit Mümin Cilasun, Murat G. Kirdar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13496
Fertility as a Driver of Maternal Employment
Julia Schmieder
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 72,102048
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12642
Not Just a Work Permit: EU Citizenship and the Consumption Behavior of Documented and Undocumented Immigrants
Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Ezgi Kaya
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2020, 53, 1552-1598
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12121
What Aspects of Formality Do Workers Value? Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Bangladesh
Minhaj Mahmud, Italo A. Gutierrez, Krishna B. Kumar, Shanthi Nataraj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12091
Labor Market Search, Informality, and On-The-Job Human Capital Accumulation
Matteo Bobba, Luca Flabbi, Santiago Levy Algazi, Mauricio Tejada
published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2021, 223 (2), 433-453
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12064
Employer and Employee Preferences for Worker Benefits: Evidence from a Matched Survey on the Bangladesh Informal Sector
Krishna B. Kumar, Minhaj Mahmud, Shanthi Nataraj, Yoon Y. Cho
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11783
Enforcement of Labor Regulation and the Labor Market Effects of Trade: Evidence from Brazil
Gabriel Ulyssea, Vladimir Ponczek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11750
Pathways to Formalization: Going beyond the Formality Dichotomy
Juan Jose Diaz, Juan Chacaltana, Jamele Rigolini, Claudia Ruiz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11706
The Value of Health Insurance: A Household Job Search Approach
Gabriella Conti, Rita Ginja, Renata Narita
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11529
Family Ceremonies as a Constraint on Informal Sector Investment: The Case of Sénégal
John Bennett, Stephanie Levy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11376
The Puzzles and Contradictions of the Indian Labour Market: What Will the Future of Work Look Like?
Sher Verick
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11170
Labor Market Search, Informality and Schooling Investments
Matteo Bobba, Luca Flabbi, Santiago Levy Algazi
published in: International Economic Review, 2022, 63 (1), 211-226.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11039
Active Labour Market Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from a Meta Analysis
Veronica Escudero, Jochen Kluve, Elva López Mourelo, Clemente Pignatti
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55 (12), 2644 - 2661
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11014
Informality, Public Employment and Employment Protection in Developing Countries
Shaimaa Yassin, François Langot
publisehd in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (1), 326-348
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10669
Wage Rigidities in Colombia: Measurement, Causes, and Policy Implications
Sonia A. Agudelo, Hector Sala
published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2017, 39 (3), 547-567
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10482
Household Entrepreneurship and Social Networks: Panel Data Evidence from Vietnam
Huu Chi Nguyen, Christophe Jalil Nordman
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54 (4), 594 - 618
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10197
The Anatomy of Behavioral Responses to Social Assistance When Informal Employment Is High
Marcelo Bergolo, Guillermo Cruces
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10100
Deconstructing Informality: A Response to Vulnerability or an Optimal Choice?
Lina Song, Simon Appleton, Zhe Liang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9951
Workforce Composition, Productivity, and Labor Regulations in a Compensating Differentials Theory of Informality
Daniel Haanwinckel, Rodrigo R. Soares
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88 (6), 2970-3010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9866
The Value of Social Security: Are Formal Jobs Better?
Lucia Madrigal, Carmen Pagés, Agustina Suaya
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9348
The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Design
Evren Ceritoglu, H. Burcu Gurcihan Yunculer, Huzeyfe Torun, Semih Tumen
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2017, 6:5
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9066
The Sources of Wage Growth in a Developing Country
Ioana E. Marinescu, Margaret Triyana
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9066
The Sources of Wage Growth in a Developing Country
Ioana E. Marinescu, Margaret Triyana
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8773
Determinants of Transitions across Formal / Informal Sectors in Egypt
Aysit Tansel, Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir
Revised version published as "Transitions across Labor Market States Including Formal/Informal Division in Egypt," Review of Development Economics, 2020, 23(4): 1674-1695.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8377
Defining and Measuring Informality in the Turkish Labor Market
Elif Öznur Acar, Aysit Tansel
Published in: Sosyoekonomi,2016, 24(28): 147-174.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8211
Pension Design with a Large Informal Labor Market: Evidence from Chile
Clement Joubert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7883
Informality and Long-Run Growth
Frédéric Docquier, Tobias Müller, Joaquín Naval
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119(4), 1040-1085
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7879
Social Insurance, Informality and Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers While Creating Good Jobs
Carmen Pagés, Jamele Rigolini, David A. Robalino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7703
Informality and Mobility: Evidence from Russian Panel Data
Fabian Slonimczyk, Vladimir Gimpelson
revised version published in: Economics of Transition, 2015, 23(2), 299–341
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7402
A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms
Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, David McKenzie
published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2016, 30 (1), 24-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7233
Unemployment Compensation and the Allocation of Labor in Developing Countries
Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Mustafa Ulus
forthcoming in: Journal of Public Economic Theory [Online First]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7057
Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: An Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa
Paolo Falco, William F. Maloney, Bob Rijkers, Mauricio Sarrias
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7035
Labor Market Institutions and Informality in Transition and Latin American Countries
Hartmut Lehmann, Alexander Muravyev
published in: Froelich, M., Kaplan, D., Pages, C., Rigolini, J. and D. Robalino (Eds.): Social Insurance ad Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers while Creating Good Jobs, Oxford University Press, 2014, 375-410.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6935
Efficiency in a Search and Matching Economy with a Competitive Informal Sector
Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Mustafa Ulus
published in: Economic Letters, 2013, 118(1), 192-194
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6604
The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-employed Workers
Olivier Bargain, Eliane El Badaoui, Prudence Magejo, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6534
The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel Data Evidence from South Africa
Andrew Kerr, Francis J. Teal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6442
The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 122-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6406
Self-Employment, Wage Employment and Informality in a Developing Economy
John Bennett, Matthew D. Rablen
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2015, 67 (2), 227-244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6271
Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data
Aysit Tansel, Elif Öznur Acar
Published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 44 (4): 617-635.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6230
Job Separations and Informality in the Russian Labor Market
Hartmut Lehmann, Tiziano Razzolini, Anzelika Zaiceva
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 257-290
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6228
Tax Evasion, Minimum Wage Non-Compliance and Informality
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Zahra Siddique
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 1-53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6163
The Persistence of Informality: Evidence from Panel Data
Alpaslan Akay, Melanie Khamis
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 229 - 255
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5996
Does Expanding Health Insurance Beyond Formal-Sector Workers Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular
Reyes Aterido, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Carmen Pagés
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5902
Enforcement of Labor Regulation and Informality
Rita K. Almeida, Pedro Carneiro
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (3), 64-89
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5845
Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Ravi Kanbur
revised version forthcoming in: Economic Journal [Online First]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5519
Product Market Regulation, Firm Size, Unemployment and Informality in Developing Economies
Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Cristina Terra
published as 'Informality in developing economies: regulation and fiscal policies' in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2015, 51, 1–27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4740
Policies to Promote Growth and Economic Efficiency in Mexico
Francisco Javier Arias-Vazquez, Oliver Azuara, Pedro Bernal, James J. Heckman, Cajeme Villarreal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4676
A Note on Informality in the Labor Market
Melanie Khamis
published in: Journal of International Development, 2012, 24 (7), 894-908
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4609
Financial Dependence, Formal Credit, and Informal Jobs: New Evidence from Brazilian Household Data
Luis A. V. Catão, Carmen Pagés, Maria Fernanda Rosales
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4531
Does Formality Improve Micro-Firm Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Brazilian SIMPLES Program
Pablo Fajnzylber, William F. Maloney, Gabriel V. Montes-Rojas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4186
Conceptualising Informality: Regulation and Enforcement
Ravi Kanbur
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3916
Comparative Advantage, Segmentation and Informal Earnings: A Marginal Treatment Effects Approach
Omar Arias, Melanie Khamis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3550
Formality, Informality, and Social Welfare
John Bennett
published as 'Informal Production and Labour Market Segmentation' in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2011, 167 (4), 686-707
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3550
Formality, Informality, and Social Welfare
John Bennett
published as 'Informal Production and Labour Market Segmentation' in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2011, 167 (4), 686-707
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3519
Informality and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Norbert M. Fiess, Marco Fugazza, William F. Maloney
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3514
Cyclical Movements in Unemployment and Informality in Developing Countries
Mariano Bosch, William F. Maloney
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3187
No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence on the Relationship between Education and Labor Market Segmentation
Carmen Pagés, Marco Stampini
revised version published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37(3), 387-401
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3038
Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics Using Markov Processes: An Application to Informality
Mariano Bosch, William F. Maloney
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (4), 621-631
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2979
Social Security Coverage and the Labor Market in Developing Countries
Paula Auerbach, Maria Eugenia Genoni, Carmen Pagés
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2970
The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil: Evidence from Gross Worker Flows
Mariano Bosch, Edwin Goni Pacchioni, William F. Maloney
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2921
An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to a Continuum of Comparison Groups
Hugo R. Nopo
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (2), 292-296
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2864
Gross Worker Flows in the Presence of Informal Labor Markets: Evidence from Mexico, 1987-2002
Mariano Bosch, William F. Maloney
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