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

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

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

gender pay gap is lower in informal employment. A quantile regression confirms that the distribution of earnings according to … the formal vs. informal labour market segments. Youth, female gender and low educational attainment drive informal … employment. Segmentation does not preclude occupational mobility, rather towards formal segments. Earnings functions on a sub …

, 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 …