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Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets

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dc.creator Launov, Andrey
dc.creator Günther, Isabel
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:07:03Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:07:03Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19843
dc.identifier ppn:517916886
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:gdec06:4739
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19843
dc.description It has recently been argued that the informal sector in developing countries shows a dual structure, with part of the informal sector being competitive to the formal sector and part of the informal sector being the result of market segmentation. We formulate an econometric model to test this hypothesis. The model allows for sector multiplicity with unobserved sector affiliation in the informal sector and takes into account sample selection bias induced by the employment decision of individuals. An estimation of the model for the urban labor market in C te d'Ivoire shows that the informal labor market is indeed composed of two segments with both competitive as well as segmented employment.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006 / Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics 16
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject O17
dc.subject J42
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject informal labor market
dc.subject segmentation
dc.subject comparative advantage
dc.subject selection bias
dc.subject latent structure
dc.subject finite mixture
dc.title Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets
dc.type doc-type:conferenceObject


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