Is informality bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
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- Bargain, Olivier & Kwenda, Prudence, 2010. "Is Informality Bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa," IZA Discussion Papers 4711, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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Keywords
Self-employed; Salary work; Informal sector; Earnings differential; Quantile regression; Fixed effects mode; Labor market--Brazil; Labor market--Mexico; Labor market--South Africa; Informal sector (Economics); Wage differentials;JEL classification:
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2010-05-15 (Africa)
- NEP-ALL-2010-05-15 (All new papers)
- NEP-LAB-2010-05-15 (Labour Economics)
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