nep-iue New Economics Papers
on Informal and Underground Economics
Issue of 2016‒06‒25
three papers chosen by
Catalina Granda Carvajal
Universidad de Antioquia
  1. HOW TO DEFINE AND MEASURE INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES? A CASE OF POLAND. By Dagmara Nikulin
  2. Job Creation in a Multi-Sector Labor Market Model for Developing Economies By Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy; Fields, Gary S.; Kanbur, Ravi
  3. INFORMALIDADE, CRESCIMENTO E PRODUTIVIDADE DO TRABALHO NO BRASIL: DESEMPENHO NOS ANOS 2000 E CENÁRIOS CONTRAFACTUAIS By CLAUDIO ROBERTO AMITRANO; GABRIEL COELHO SQUEFF
  1. By: Dagmara Nikulin (Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland)
    Abstract: The main aim of this article is to point out the possible measures of how to improve the study of informal employment in developed countries. We choose the case of Poland to examine whether the existing definitions and measurement methods are suitable for indicating the prevalence of informal employment. Firstly, we present the most popular definitions of informal employment, secondly we show the existing research on informal employment in Poland, and thirdly we assess the previous estimations of informal employment in Poland with regard to the definition’s scope. Finally, we propose some improvements that would help in studying this phenomenon in Poland. Through a critical analysis of existing research on informal employment we contribute to the existing literature in two ways: (i) by constructing the definitional frames of informal employment in Poland; and (ii) by pointing out the possible extensions of surveys devoted to informal employment in developed countries.
    Keywords: informal employment, Poland, undeclared work, shadow economy
    JEL: E26 J46 O17
    Date: 2016–06
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:gdk:wpaper:35&r=iue
  2. By: Basu, Arnab K. (Cornell University); Chau, Nancy (Cornell University); Fields, Gary S. (Cornell University); Kanbur, Ravi (Cornell University)
    Abstract: This paper proposes an overlapping generations multi‐sector model of the labor market for developing countries with three heterogeneities – heterogeneity within self‐employment, heterogeneity in ability, and heterogeneity in age. We revisit an iconic paradox in a class of multi‐sector labor market models in which the creation of high‐wage employment exacerbates unemployment. Our richer setting allows for generational differences in the motivations for job search to be reflected in two distinct inverted U‐shaped relationships between unemployment and high‐wage employment, one for youth and a different one for adults. In turn, the relationship between overall unemployment and high‐wage employment is shown to be non‐monotonic and multi‐peaked. The model also sheds light on the implications of increasing high‐wage employment on self‐employed workers, who make up most of the world's poor. Non‐monotonicity in unemployment notwithstanding, increasing high‐wage employment has an unambiguous positive impact on high‐paying self‐employment, and an unambiguous negative impact on free‐entry (low‐wage) self‐employment.
    Keywords: multisector labor market, overlapping generations, poverty reduction, Harris‐Todaro model
    JEL: O17 I32
    Date: 2016–05
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9972&r=iue
  3. By: CLAUDIO ROBERTO AMITRANO; GABRIEL COELHO SQUEFF
    Date: 2016
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:anp:en2014:091&r=iue
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