Cyclical Movements in Unemployment and Informality in Developing Countries

Cyclical Movements in Unemployment and Informality in Developing Countries

This paper analyzes the cyclical properties of worker flows in Brazil and Mexico, two important developing countries with large unregulated or informal sectors. It generates three stylized facts that are critical to the accurate modeling of the...

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Main Authors:	Bosch, Mariano, Maloney, William
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT PROCESS AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY ATTRITION BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES BUSINESS SCHOOL CALCULATIONS CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE CURRENT JOB CYCLICAL UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT DRIVERS EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT STATUSES EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT ESTIMATED PARAMETERS FEDERAL RESERVE FINANCIAL CRISIS FIRM DYNAMICS FIRM SIZE FORMAL LABOR MARKET FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HEALTH INSURANCE IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB LOSS JOB SEARCH JOB SEPARATION JOBS LABOR CODE LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET TRANSITIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SURVEYS LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LARGE FIRMS LATIN AMERICAN MACRO ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MINORITY NEW JOB PENSION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY PREVIOUS SECTION PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC ECONOMICS QUESTIONNAIRE RECESSION RECESSIONARY PERIOD RECESSIONARY PERIODS RECESSIONS RESEARCH ASSISTANCE RESERVE BANK RESPECT SAFETY SAFETY NET SALARIED WORKERS SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SERVANTS SEX SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS STOCKS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY WAGE RIGIDITY WAGE SECTOR WAGES WORK FORCE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9563341/cyclical-movements-unemployment-informality-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6672

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/06/9563341/cyclical-movements-unemployment-informality-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6672