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On the relationship between labor market policies and outcomes in Bolivia : a search and matching approach

Nogales, Ricardo; Córdova, Pamela; Urquidi, Manuel - In: Estudios de economía 46 (2019) 1, pp. 61-87

In this paper we assess the relationship between labor policies and market outcomes in Bolivia, accounting for a large informal sector mostly comprised of self-employed entrepreneurs. We calibrate a job search and matching model to reproduce labor market features in 2013, a period in which...

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The labor market effects of Venezuelan migration to Colombia : reconciling conflicting results

Lebow, Jeremy - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 13 (2022) 1, pp. 1-49

are also larger in cities that have a higher baseline informality rate and lower ease of starting a business. …

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Introducing unemployment insurance to developing countries

Vodopivex, Milan - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

The paper analyzes key labor market and institutional features of developing countries that affect functioning of unemployment insurance: a large informal sector, weak administrative capacity, and large political risk. It argues that these countries should tailor an OECD-style unemployment...

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Twenty years of wage inequality in Latin America

Messina, Julián; Silva, Joana - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 35 (2021) 1, pp. 117-147

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Does the minimum wage affect wage inequality? : a study for the six largest Latin American economies

Lombardo, Carlo; Ramírez Leira, Lucía; Gasparini, Leonardo - In: The journal of development studies 60 (2024) 4, pp. 494-510

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Population and labor dynamics in large informal markets : implications for pension systems with evidence from Ecuador

Velín-Fárez, Margarita - In: Contemporary economics 15 (2021) 2, pp. 164-186

proportion. Second, Ecuador is among the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with the highest degree of informality in …

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Designing unemployment insurance for developing countries

Cirelli, Fernando; Espino, Emilio; Sanchez, Juan M. - In: Journal of development economics 148 (2021), pp. 1-15

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Discrimination in a search and matching model with self-employment

Lain, Jonathan - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 9 (2019) 6, pp. 1-35

In many urban African labour markets, women outnumber men in self-employment, even though gender earnings gaps are larger for the self-employed than the wage-employed. In this paper, we suggest an explanation for this pattern using a search and matching model that allows for individual...

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The impact of Syrian refugees on natives’ labor market outcomes in Turkey : evidence from a quasi-experimental design

Ceritoǧlu, Evren; Yunculer, H. Burcu Gurcihan; Torun, … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 5, pp. 1-28

Civil conflict in Syria, started in March 2011, led to a massive wave of forced immigration from Northern Syria to the Southeastern regions of Turkey, which later had serious economic/political repercussions on the MENA region and most of Europe. This paper exploits this natural experiment to...

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The informality phenomenon and its contribution to the growth of the city of Guayaquil

Torresano, José Véliz; Christiansen, Suleen Díaz - In: Journal of economics, finance & administrative science 19 (2014) 37, pp. 90-97

Under-employment or informality is a compelling truth in developing countries, and Ecuador is no exception, least of … all the city Guayaquil. This descriptive study attempts to investigate informality, its reality and characteristics, and … influence the non-formalization of its activities. The results support that informality may be seen as an enterprise mechanism …

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