The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

Submission guidelines for authors

Subscribe to new paper alerts

Search by:

Please provide a valid Search.
Search tips
Wildcard

The character * can be used as a wildcard. For example: *berg

Filter

Type
Type
72 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7233
Unemployment Compensation and the Allocation of Labor in Developing Countries
Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Mustafa Ulus
published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2016, 18 (3), 385 - 416
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7057
Heterogeneity in Subjective Wellbeing: An Application to Occupational Allocation in Africa
Paolo Falco, William F. Maloney, Bob Rijkers, Mauricio Sarrias
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7035
Labor Market Institutions and Informality in Transition and Latin American Countries
Hartmut Lehmann, Alexander Muravyev
published in: Froelich, M., Kaplan, D., Pages, C., Rigolini, J. and D. Robalino (Eds.): Social Insurance ad Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers while Creating Good Jobs, Oxford University Press, 2014, 375-410.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6935
Efficiency in a Search and Matching Economy with a Competitive Informal Sector
Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Mustafa Ulus
published in: Economic Letters, 2013, 118(1), 192-194
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6604
The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-employed Workers
Olivier Bargain, Eliane El Badaoui, Prudence Magejo, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6534
The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel Data Evidence from South Africa
Andrew Kerr, Francis J. Teal
published as 'The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel Data Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa' in: Journal of African Economics, 2015, 24 (4), 530- 558
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6442
The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5 (2), 122-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6406
Self-Employment, Wage Employment and Informality in a Developing Economy
John Bennett, Matthew D. Rablen
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2015, 67 (2), 227-244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6271
Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data
Aysit Tansel, Elif Öznur Acar
published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2017, 44 (4), 617-635.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6230
Job Separations and Informality in the Russian Labor Market
Hartmut Lehmann, Tiziano Razzolini, Anzelika Zaiceva
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 257-290
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6228
Tax Evasion, Minimum Wage Non-Compliance and Informality
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Zahra Siddique
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 1-53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6163
The Persistence of Informality: Evidence from Panel Data
Alpaslan Akay, Melanie Khamis
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 229 - 255
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5996
Does Expanding Health Insurance Beyond Formal-Sector Workers Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular
Reyes Aterido, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Carmen Pagés
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5902
Enforcement of Labor Regulation and Informality
Rita K. Almeida, Pedro Carneiro
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4 (3), 64-89
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5845
Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality
Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Ravi Kanbur
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2015, 125 (589), 1534 - 1573
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5519
Product Market Regulation, Firm Size, Unemployment and Informality in Developing Economies
Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Cristina Terra
published as 'Informality in developing economies: regulation and fiscal policies' in: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2015, 51, 1–27
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4740
Policies to Promote Growth and Economic Efficiency in Mexico
Francisco Javier Arias-Vazquez, Oliver Azuara, Pedro Bernal, James J. Heckman, Cajeme Villarreal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4676
A Note on Informality in the Labor Market
Melanie Khamis
published in: Journal of International Development, 2012, 24 (7), 894-908
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4609
Financial Dependence, Formal Credit, and Informal Jobs: New Evidence from Brazilian Household Data
Luis A. V. Catão, Carmen Pagés, Maria Fernanda Rosales
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4531
Does Formality Improve Micro-Firm Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Brazilian SIMPLES Program
Pablo Fajnzylber, William F. Maloney, Gabriel V. Montes-Rojas
Type
Display
20 50 100
Type