Wages and Informality in Developing Countries

被引：110

作者：

Meghir, Costas ^{[1
,2
]}

Narita, Renata ^{[3
]}

Robin, Jean-Marc ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Dept Econ, New Haven, CT 06511 USA

[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Econ, BR-05508010 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

[4] Sci Po, Off E410, F-75007 Paris, France

[5] UCL, London, England

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2015年 / 105卷 / 04期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会; 欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

JOB SEARCH MODEL; LABOR-MARKETS; EQUILIBRIUM SEARCH; UNEMPLOYMENT; ECONOMY; DESTRUCTION; DISPERSION; EMPLOYMENT; DYNAMICS; CREATION;

D O I：

10.1257/aer.20121110

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We develop an equilibrium wage-posting model with heterogeneous firms that decide to locate in the formal or the informal sector and workers who search randomly on and off the job. We estimate the model on Brazilian labor force survey data. In equilibrium, firms of equal productivity locate in different sectors, a fact observed in the data. Wages are characterized by compensating differentials. We show that tightening enforcement does not increase unemployment and increases wages, total output, and welfare by enabling better allocation of workers to higher productivity jobs and improving competition in the formal labor market.

引用

页码：1509 / 1546

页数：38

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