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A cohort analysis of labor participation in Mexico, 1987 - 2009 [PDF]
This paper conducts a cohort analysis of labor participation in urban Mexico in recent decades. The rates analyzed are the labor force participation, the unemployment rate, and the employment shares of the formal and informal salaried sectors, as well as
Duval-Hernández, Robert +1 more
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A Cohort Analysis of Labor Participation in Mexico, 1987-2009 [PDF]
This paper conducts a cohort analysis of labor participation in urban Mexico in recent decades. The rates analyzed are the labor force participation, the unemployment rate, and the employment shares of the formal and informal salaried sectors, as well as
Duval Hernández, Robert +1 more
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No. 79: Rendering South Africa Undesirable: A Critique of Refugee and Informal Sector Policy [PDF]
To understand the policy environment within which refugees establish and operate their enterprises in South Africa’s informal sector, this report brings together two streams of policy analysis.
Crush, Jonathan +2 more
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Informality and structural transformation
In this paper, we investigate the evolution of the informal sector through structural transformation. We develop both a three-sector and a five-sector dynamic general equilibrium (DGE) model, which can simultaneously account for structural transformation
Orhan Erem Atesagaoglu +2 more
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Dynamics and structure of informal employment in modern Russian society
Background. In many cases, informal employment is forced and associated with vulnerability and discrimination of workers, who may be limited in wages, social protection, professional growth and promotion, etc.
L.N. Mordisheva
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DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY
The article discusses the negative effects of informal sector in economic activity on the socio-economic development of the country. It is proven that despite the temporary effects of part-time employment of unskilled labor and a price advantage ...
N. Drozd
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Urbanization and Labor Market Informality in Developing Countries [PDF]
Rapid and uncontrolled migration created by the population moving from rural to urban areas causes serious problems from the viewpoint of labor markets. Increases in rural-urban migration flows is contributing to a larger urban labor supply.
Bicerli, Mustafa Kemal, Gundogan, Naci
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URBAN INFORMAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN ORISSA - A CASE STUDY OF CUTTACK CITY [PDF]
Promotion of the urban informal sector has become the new strategy of development in the developing economies. This paper attempts a study of some of the important characteristics of this sector in the city of Cuttack and compares it with that of the ...
Panda, Bhagirathi
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The socio-legal implications of women’s work in the informal sector: A case study of women domestic workers in Pakistan [PDF]
This article is available open access through the publisher’s website. Copyright @ 2009 The Author.The informal sector of economy is a major source of employment in Developing countries such as Pakistan.1Work opportunities in the informal sector play an ...
Shahid, A
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Trade Liberalisation, Subcontracting and Unionised Wage [PDF]
We develop a simple framework to show the effects of trade cost reduction on unionized wage, employment and domestic welfare when a domestic firm strategically chooses the amount of formal in-house production and subcontracting to the informal sector. We
Arijit Mukherjee, Dibyendu Maiti
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