This paper studies the effects of the introduction of unemployment compensation (UC) in countries characterized by pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and informal activities, as well as the allocation of...

The transition from multi-ethnic, multi-confessional Ottoman Empire into present day Turkey was unusually violent and destructive. It involved the annihilation of indigenous Christian populations and the loss of agricultural, artisanal and commercial know-how accumulated over centuries. We...