, exploiting matched administrative and survey data with individual-level information on UB receipt, formal and informal employment … by a permanent shift of UB recipients towards informal employment, where they earn substantially lower wages. We then … exploit a kink in benefits and show that more generous UBs delay program exit through a substitution of formal with informal …

This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in …

informal employment in the context of low- and middle-income countries. This paper contributes to this scant literature by … a salaried job in rural areas by about 8 percentage points, which denotes a shift from formal to informal employment. …

informal employment. However, the estimated fraction of involuntary informal workers is quite high. …

, exploiting matched administrative and survey data with individual-level information on UB receipt, formal and informal employment … by a permanent shift of UB recipients towards informal employment, where they earn substantially lower wages. We then … exploit a kink in benefits and show that more generous UBs delay program exit through a substitution of formal with informal …