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Una Aplicación de la Descomposición Blinder–Oaxaca junto a regresiones por cuantiles de influencia recentrada al sector formal e informal y sus determinantes

Rodríguez Núñez, Juan Bautista; Guerra Salazar, … - 2019

, the life cycle and the level of family income having an important influence. In relation to family income and age groups … the level of family income increases. Similar results are recorded for the propensities of the informal sector, providing … evidence in favor of low-income people entering the informal labor market as a means of subsistence and an escape valve due to …

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Labor Informality: Choice or Sign of Segmentation? A Quantile Regression Approach at the Regional Level for Colombia

Garcia Cruz, Gustavo Adolfo - 2014

The labor market in developing countries is remarkably heterogeneous with a small productive formal sector, enjoying high wages and attractive employment conditions and another large informal sector with low productivity and volatile wages. The informal sector is particularly diverse. In this...

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Returns to Qualification in Informal Employment: A Study of Urban Youth in Egypt

Frost, Jon - 2008

Informal employment is a reality for roughly two-thirds of economically active youth in urban Egypt, and it has been argued to be correlated with poverty, poor working conditions, and few opportunities for advancement. This essay analyzes whether informal employment rewards job qualification...

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Labour Management in China: Legislation, Stratification, and Wages

Bayari, Celal - 2014

The Chinese labour market has undergone an extensive restructuring in the last four-and-a-half decades, following the start of the economic reforms, and the open door policy for foreign investment in 1978, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping. The nature of employment contracts, labour market...

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The Great Resignation, Unemployment, and Underemployment in the US: A Study of Labor Market Segmentation

Lambert, Thomas - 2022

During 2021 and 2022 many news media outlets have been reporting that millions of workers in the US have been quitting their jobs in record numbers. In a global economy rebounding from the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 outbreak and demanding more workers, a high rate of resignations...

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Maroc éducation et emploi une analyse théorique

Jellal, Mohamed - 2012

In this paper, we consider a theoritical model helping to provide a new insights into the functioning of moroccan labor market. The model examines the impact of imperfect competition among firms with access to specific technologies on the emergence of the new modern economy.The The emergence of...

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Stereotypes, segregation, and ethnic inequality

Yuki, Kazuhiro - 2012

Disparities in economic outcomes among different ethnic, racial, or religious groups continue to be serious concerns in most economies. Relative economic standings of different groups are rather persistent, although some groups initially in disadvantaged positions successfully caught up with...

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Stereotypes, segregation, and ethnic inequality

Yuki, Kazuhiro - 2013

Disparities in economic conditions among different ethnic, racial, or religious groups continue to be serious concerns in most economies. Relative standings of different groups are rather persistent, although some groups initially in disadvantaged positions successfully caught up with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015239483

Quality of Politicians and Electoral System. Evidence from a Quasi-experimental Design for Italian Cities

De Benedetto, Marco Alberto - 2018

We study the effect of the electoral system on the quality of politicians, measured by the average educational attainment, at the local level in Italy over the period 1994-2017. Since 1993, municipalities below 15,000 inhabitants vote with a single-ballot system, whereas cities above 15,000...

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Analyse des Contrats de Travail et de l’Emploi dans la Ville de Kinshasa : Impact du Secteur Informel et Perspectives d’Évolution

ASIANI, Freddy - 2024

The economy of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is characterized by a significant presence of the informal sector. This sector plays a crucial role in job creation and the livelihoods of the population, but also presents challenges in terms of regulation, social...

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