Labor Market Search, Informality, and Schooling Investments

Abstract

Labor market search, informality and schooling investments / Matteo Bobba, Luca Flabbi, Santiago Levy. p. cm. -(IDB Working Paper Series ; 863) Includes bibliographic references. 1. Labor market-Mexico-Econometric models. 2. Informal sector (Economics)-Mexico-Econometric models. 3. Wages-Effect of education on-Mexico. 4. Education-Economic aspects-

The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Labor Supply Impact by Gender

“…For the relevance of these definitions in a country as Mexico, seeBobba et al (2022); for Brazil, seeMeghir et al (2015); for a broader reference, seeBosch and Maloney (2010). For Chile the issue is less relevant but still non-negligible.…”

Unpacking the Persistence of Informality

“…Nevertheless, the confidence intervals of all age groups overlap, i.e., age persistence gaps are not different in this dimension. Finally, the result of informality persistence differences by education level is perhaps unexpected in that workers with a college degree or more exhibit seem more attached to informality, although Bobba et al (2022) report a similar finding for Mexico. In contrast, individuals with educational attainment below high school are the ones with lower informality persistence.…”

Are informal self-employment and informal employment as employee behaviorally distinct labor force states?

“…More recently, Haanwinckel and Soares (2021) develop a search model with intra-firm bargaining and exclude the self-employed. On the other side, contributions developing search models of the labor market that do di↵erentiate informal self-employment as a distinct state from informal employment include Bobba et al (2021);Narita (2020).…”