Arbeitspapier
Progress and stagnation in the livelihood of informal workers in an emerging economy: Long-term evidence from Indonesia
We use long-spanning individual longitudinal data to examine the long-term labour market outcomes of low-tier informal workers. We investigate their characteristics, calculate the extent of switching, and identify the characteristics of those who have switched. Finally, we estimate the earnings premium of switching. We find that individuals are negatively selected into low-tier informal work. Almost half of individuals who started out as a low-tier informal worker remained as low-tier informal workers through the next 8-19 years. The other half switched on average three times. Most switches take place from low-tier informal to low-tier formal sector work. High-tier jobs are relatively closed off to those who started their career as low-tier informal workers. We find that the earnings premium that low-tier informal workers could gain by switching is large and statistically significant. An effective policy, therefore, is to support low-tier informal workers to improve their livelihoods by becoming low-tier formal workers.
- ISBN
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978-92-9256-900-6
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2020/143
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Informal Labor Markets
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- Thema
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earnings premium
Indonesia
informal sector
long-term outcomes
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Rizky, Mayang
Suryadarma, Daniel
Suryahadi, Asep
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Helsinki
- (wann)
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2020
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2020/900-6
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Rizky, Mayang
- Suryadarma, Daniel
- Suryahadi, Asep
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Entstanden
- 2020
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