Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets

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It has been recently argued that the informal sector of the labor market in a developing economy shows a dual structure with one part of it being competitive to the formal sector and another part being the result of market segmentation. To test this hypothesis we formulate an econometric model which allows for a heterogeneous informal sector with unobserved individual affiliation and which takes into account selection bias induced by the employment decision of individuals. Our test results for the urban labor market in Côte d'Ivoire indeed show existence of both competitive and segmented employment in the informal sector.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: W.E.P. - Würzburg Economic Papers ; No. 72

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
• Thema: developing economy ; informal labor market ; segmentation ; comparative advantage ; selection bias ; latent structure ; finite mixture models

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Günther, Isabel ; Launov, Andrey
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Würzburg, Department of Economics
• (wo): Würzburg
• (wann): 2006

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22365
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ