Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria

In this paper the authors analyze the relationship between personal opinions about the social security system and levels of informal employment using data from a recent household survey carried out in Bulgaria. They compare different indicators of...

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Main Authors:	Perotti, Valeria, Sánchez Puerta, Maria Laura
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGE GROUP ASYLUM BANK LENDING BUSINESS CYCLE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CIVIL CONTRACT COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS CONTRACT LABOR CONTRIBUTION RATE DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISABILITY PENSION DISPLACEMENT EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT FEMALE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FIRING COST FIRM SIZE FOOD PRICES GENDER GLOBALIZATION HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOLDING HOME HOME OWNERSHIP HOURLY WAGES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTRUMENT INSURANCE PENSION INSURANCE POLICIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INVENTORY INVESTING JOB CREATION JOB LOSS JOB SECURITY JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR CONTRACT LABOUR FORCE MANDATED BENEFITS MARITAL STATUS MARKET TRENDS MATERNITY BENEFITS MINIMUM WAGE OLDER WORKERS PENSION PENSION REFORM PENSION REFORMS PENSION RIGHTS PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEMS PENSIONS PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS PRELIMINARY RESULTS PREVIOUS SECTION PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS STUDY PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC WORKS REFUGEES REPAYMENT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETURN RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAY SYSTEM SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM STABLE JOBS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGES WELFARE STATE WILL WOMAN WORKER WORKERS WORKING HOURS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
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spelling	okr-10986-201932021-04-23T14:03:54Z Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria Perotti, Valeria Sánchez Puerta, Maria Laura AGE GROUP ASYLUM BANK LENDING BUSINESS CYCLE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CIVIL CONTRACT COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS CONTRACT LABOR CONTRIBUTION RATE DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISABILITY PENSION DISPLACEMENT EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT FEMALE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FIRING COST FIRM SIZE FOOD PRICES GENDER GLOBALIZATION HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOLDING HOME HOME OWNERSHIP HOURLY WAGES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTRUMENT INSURANCE PENSION INSURANCE POLICIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INVENTORY INVESTING JOB CREATION JOB LOSS JOB SECURITY JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR CONTRACT LABOUR FORCE MANDATED BENEFITS MARITAL STATUS MARKET TRENDS MATERNITY BENEFITS MINIMUM WAGE OLDER WORKERS PENSION PENSION REFORM PENSION REFORMS PENSION RIGHTS PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEMS PENSIONS PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS PRELIMINARY RESULTS PREVIOUS SECTION PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS STUDY PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC WORKS REFUGEES REPAYMENT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETURN RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAY SYSTEM SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM STABLE JOBS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGES WELFARE STATE WILL WOMAN WORKER WORKERS WORKING HOURS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT In this paper the authors analyze the relationship between personal opinions about the social security system and levels of informal employment using data from a recent household survey carried out in Bulgaria. They compare different indicators of job informality, focusing on the lack of social security affiliation as the main indicator. The results suggest that low value is attached to social security affiliation and that knowledge of the social security system is very limited. As a consequence, many workers seem to choose informal jobs because they think that the benefits from being affiliated with the social security system are too low compared with the costs. On the other hand, being affiliated does not seem to matter in terms of overall job satisfaction. 2014-09-17T16:31:23Z 2014-09-17T16:31:23Z 2009-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/09/19804767/personal-opinions-social-security-system-informal-employment-evidence-bulgaria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20193 English en_US Social Protection discussion paper;no. SP 0915 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Bulgaria
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topic	AGE GROUP ASYLUM BANK LENDING BUSINESS CYCLE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CIVIL CONTRACT COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS CONTRACT LABOR CONTRIBUTION RATE DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISABILITY PENSION DISPLACEMENT EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT FEMALE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FIRING COST FIRM SIZE FOOD PRICES GENDER GLOBALIZATION HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOLDING HOME HOME OWNERSHIP HOURLY WAGES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTRUMENT INSURANCE PENSION INSURANCE POLICIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INVENTORY INVESTING JOB CREATION JOB LOSS JOB SECURITY JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR CONTRACT LABOUR FORCE MANDATED BENEFITS MARITAL STATUS MARKET TRENDS MATERNITY BENEFITS MINIMUM WAGE OLDER WORKERS PENSION PENSION REFORM PENSION REFORMS PENSION RIGHTS PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEMS PENSIONS PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS PRELIMINARY RESULTS PREVIOUS SECTION PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS STUDY PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC WORKS REFUGEES REPAYMENT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETURN RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAY SYSTEM SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM STABLE JOBS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGES WELFARE STATE WILL WOMAN WORKER WORKERS WORKING HOURS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle	AGE GROUP ASYLUM BANK LENDING BUSINESS CYCLE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CIVIL CONTRACT COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS CONTRACT LABOR CONTRIBUTION RATE DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISABILITIES DISABILITY DISABILITY PENSION DISPLACEMENT EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT FEMALE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FIRING COST FIRM SIZE FOOD PRICES GENDER GLOBALIZATION HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOLDING HOME HOME OWNERSHIP HOURLY WAGES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTRUMENT INSURANCE PENSION INSURANCE POLICIES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INVENTORY INVESTING JOB CREATION JOB LOSS JOB SECURITY JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR CONTRACT LABOUR FORCE MANDATED BENEFITS MARITAL STATUS MARKET TRENDS MATERNITY BENEFITS MINIMUM WAGE OLDER WORKERS PENSION PENSION REFORM PENSION REFORMS PENSION RIGHTS PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEMS PENSIONS PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS PRELIMINARY RESULTS PREVIOUS SECTION PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS STUDY PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC WORKS REFUGEES REPAYMENT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETURN RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAY SYSTEM SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM STABLE JOBS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGES WELFARE STATE WILL WOMAN WORKER WORKERS WORKING HOURS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Perotti, Valeria Sánchez Puerta, Maria Laura Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia Bulgaria
relation	Social Protection discussion paper;no. SP 0915
description	In this paper the authors analyze the relationship between personal opinions about the social security system and levels of informal employment using data from a recent household survey carried out in Bulgaria. They compare different indicators of job informality, focusing on the lack of social security affiliation as the main indicator. The results suggest that low value is attached to social security affiliation and that knowledge of the social security system is very limited. As a consequence, many workers seem to choose informal jobs because they think that the benefits from being affiliated with the social security system are too low compared with the costs. On the other hand, being affiliated does not seem to matter in terms of overall job satisfaction.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Perotti, Valeria Sánchez Puerta, Maria Laura
author_facet	Perotti, Valeria Sánchez Puerta, Maria Laura
author_sort	Perotti, Valeria
title	Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria
title_short	Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria
title_full	Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria
title_fullStr	Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria
title_full_unstemmed	Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria
title_sort	personal opinions about the social security system and informal employment : evidence from bulgaria
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/09/19804767/personal-opinions-social-security-system-informal-employment-evidence-bulgaria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20193
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Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria

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