Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets: 1994-2004
An analysis of panel data on individuals in a random selection of urban households in Ethiopia reveals large, sustained, and unexplained earnings gaps between public and private, and formal and informal sectors over the period 1994-2004. The author...
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okr-10986-72372021-04-23T14:02:33Z Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets: 1994-2004 Bigsten, Arne Mengistae, Taye Shimeles, Abebe AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS BARRIERS TO ENTRY DOMESTIC WORKERS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTRY BARRIERS EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FORMAL SECTOR WAGE FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKER INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB LOSS JOB LOSSES JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR REGULATION LABORERS MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STUDIES OCCUPATION OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT PRICE RATIONING PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE FIRM PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRIVATE SECTOR WORKER PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS SALES SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SELFEMPLOYMENT SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESSES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE PREMIUMS WAGE SECTOR WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKERS WORKING WORKING MOTHERS An analysis of panel data on individuals in a random selection of urban households in Ethiopia reveals large, sustained, and unexplained earnings gaps between public and private, and formal and informal sectors over the period 1994-2004. The authors have no formal evidence whether these gaps reflect segmentation of the labor market along either of these divides. In other words, they cannot show whether they are at least in part due to impediments to entry in the higher wage sector. But they do have evidence that, if segmentation explains any part of the observed earnings gaps, then it could only have weakened over the survey decade. The authors find, first, that the rate of mobility increased between the two pairs of sectors. Sample transition rates grew across survey waves, while state dependence in sector choice decreased. Second, the sensitivity of sector choice to earnings gaps increased over the same period. In particular, the role of comparative earnings in selection into the informal sector was evident throughout the survey decade and increased in magnitude over the second half of the period. 2012-06-06T14:52:22Z 2012-06-06T14:52:22Z 2007-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7459297/mobility-earnings-ethiopias-urban-labor-markets-1994-2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7237 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4168 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia |
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AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS BARRIERS TO ENTRY DOMESTIC WORKERS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTRY BARRIERS EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FORMAL SECTOR WAGE FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKER INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB LOSS JOB LOSSES JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR REGULATION LABORERS MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STUDIES OCCUPATION OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT PRICE RATIONING PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE FIRM PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRIVATE SECTOR WORKER PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS SALES SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SELFEMPLOYMENT SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESSES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE PREMIUMS WAGE SECTOR WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKERS WORKING WORKING MOTHERS |
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AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS BARRIERS TO ENTRY DOMESTIC WORKERS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTRY BARRIERS EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FORMAL SECTOR WAGE FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKER INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB LOSS JOB LOSSES JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR REGULATION LABORERS MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET STUDIES OCCUPATION OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT PRICE RATIONING PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE FIRM PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE PRIVATE SECTOR WORKER PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS SALES SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYMENT SELFEMPLOYMENT SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESSES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE PREMIUMS WAGE SECTOR WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKERS WORKING WORKING MOTHERS Bigsten, Arne Mengistae, Taye Shimeles, Abebe Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets: 1994-2004 |
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An analysis of panel data on individuals
in a random selection of urban households in Ethiopia
reveals large, sustained, and unexplained earnings gaps
between public and private, and formal and informal sectors
over the period 1994-2004. The authors have no formal
evidence whether these gaps reflect segmentation of the
labor market along either of these divides. In other words,
they cannot show whether they are at least in part due to
impediments to entry in the higher wage sector. But they do
have evidence that, if segmentation explains any part of the
observed earnings gaps, then it could only have weakened
over the survey decade. The authors find, first, that the
rate of mobility increased between the two pairs of sectors.
Sample transition rates grew across survey waves, while
state dependence in sector choice decreased. Second, the
sensitivity of sector choice to earnings gaps increased over
the same period. In particular, the role of comparative
earnings in selection into the informal sector was evident
throughout the survey decade and increased in magnitude over
the second half of the period. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Bigsten, Arne Mengistae, Taye Shimeles, Abebe |
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Bigsten, Arne Mengistae, Taye Shimeles, Abebe |
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Bigsten, Arne |
| title |
Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets: 1994-2004 |
| title_short |
Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets: 1994-2004 |
| title_full |
Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets: 1994-2004 |
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Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets: 1994-2004 |
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Mobility and Earnings in Ethiopia's Urban Labor Markets: 1994-2004 |
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mobility and earnings in ethiopia's urban labor markets: 1994-2004 |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7459297/mobility-earnings-ethiopias-urban-labor-markets-1994-2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7237 |
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