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Labour Formalization and Inequality: The Distribute Impact of Labour Formalization in Latin America During the 2000s
(Wiley, 2022-01)
Inequality and informality are two characteristic features of the labour markets of Latin America. However, since 2000 the region has experienced a trend towards labour formalization and a reduction in wage inequality. ...
Analysis of formal-informal transitions in the Ecuadorian labour market
(2017-12)
The study analyses the transitions between the formal and informal labour markets using longitudinal data for Ecuador. First, we use transition matrices to characterize the short-run dynamics among the different labour ...
Informal and formal labour flexibility in Mexico
(2009-03)
We address a vital topic about labour markets in developing countries: The flexibility of the formal and informal labour sectors. For the Mexican economy, we use a panel from the National Survey of Urban Employment (ENEU) ...
Informality in an economy with active labour courts
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016-06)
Job regulations and the justice branch interfere on several aspects of labour contracts. We build a model which explores the role of labour courts on the wage distribution in both formal and informal sectors. We obtain ...
Recent decline in wage inequality and formalization of the labour market in Argentina
(Routledge, 2015-09)
Labour market conditions improved during the 2000s in Latin America, a process that included a reduction in the magnitude of informal employment. A decline of wage inequality was another feature of this period. Both dynamics ...
Taxa de desemprego, emprego formal e informal no Brasil: 2002 - 2014
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrasilUFRNEconomia, 2016-06-02)
In the period extending from 2002 to 2014, i.e. during the Lula and Dilma governments, there was a sharp reduction in the unemployment rate in all indicators that aims to assess the trajectory of the labor market in Brazil. ...
Informality and labour market segmentation: the case of Argentina
(2015-12)
The document evaluates the presence of segmentation in the Argentinean labour market. The analysis is centred on the comparison of the earnings of formal and informal workers. Two different approaches to the definition of ...
A multidimensional employment quality index for Brazil, 2002–11
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
In countries where informal, insecure jobs are widespread, traditional
labour market indicators – such as the unemployment rate, labour force participation
rate and wages – are not necessarily the most meaningful. The ...
A poverty profile and functional aspects of Brazilian labour markets
(ECLAC, 2003-03)
Brazilian labour markets are rather flexible in macroeconomic terms while also displaying microeconomic rigidity. Macroeconomic flexibility is characterized by the significant growth in employment in both good and bad ...