Efficiency in a Search and Matching Economy with a Competitive Informal Sector

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

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Charlot, Olivier
Other Persons:	Malherbet, Franck (contributor) ; Ulus, Mustafa (contributor)
Publisher:	[2012]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Informelle Wirtschaft \| Informal economy \| Matching \| Theorie \| Theory \| Allokationseffizienz \| Allocative efficiency \| Arbeitsmarktsegmentation \| Labour market segmentation

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (9 p)
Series:	IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 6935
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments October 20, 2012 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2164664 [DOI]
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; E26 - Informal Economy; Underground Economy ; J60 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies. General ; L16 - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure; Industrial Price Indices ; O1 - Economic Development
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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