Earnings Premiums and Penalties for Self-Employment and Informal Employees around the World

This paper examines the earnings premiums associated with different types of employment in 73 countries. Workers are divided into four categories: non-professional own-account workers, employers and own-account professionals, informal wage employee...

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Main Authors:	Gindling, T. H., Mossaad, Nadwa, Newhouse, David
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	UNION MEMBERSHIP LIVING STANDARDS PROFESSIONALS SELF EMPLOYED JOBS EMPLOYMENT RISKS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY EXPORT MARKETS ECONOMIC GROWTH SALARIED WORKERS WAGE GAP PRODUCTION INFORMAL SECTOR WAGE DIFFERENTIAL MINIMUM WAGE INCOME INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SALARY INCOME GROUP AGE GROUP INFORMATION LABOR FORCE HEALTH INSURANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION JOB EFFECTS LABOR ECONOMICS INCOME TAX LABOUR MARKET RIGIDITIES PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE RENTS EFFICIENCY WAGES SMALL BUSINESS LABOR MARKET PROFESSIONAL WORKERS LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY PER CAPITA INCOME TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS INDUSTRY WAGE WAGE MIDDLE INCOME ON-THE-JOB TRAINING BARGAINING POWER WORKER INCOME INEQUALITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY OLDER WORKERS MARKETS HIGH INCOME ORGANIZATIONS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME LEVELS RIGID LABOR MARKET JOB TRAINING WORKER PRODUCTIVITY STANDARDS LABOR TOTAL EMPLOYMENT FORMAL SECTOR WAGE JOB SEARCH LABOR REGULATION URBAN WORKERS EFFICIENCY HIGH INCOME COUNTRY UNIONS UNEMPLOYMENT EQUITY HUMAN CAPITAL FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS WORKERS WAGE BARGAINING WAGES INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS WOMEN WORKERS LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION VALUE AVERAGE WAGE LABOR CONTRACT INCOME COUNTRY WAGE PREMIUM AGE GROUPS LABOUR MARKET INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME COUNTRIES LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS OPPORTUNITY COSTS HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES LABOR MARKET INDICATORS EMPLOYERS SALARIED EMPLOYEES ECONOMICS SALARIED EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WAGE STRUCTURE LOW INCOME SEVERANCE PAY THEORY SECURITY ENTRY COSTS INVESTMENT RISK HUMAN RESOURCES MALE EMPLOYERS LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS BARGAINING ADJUSTMENT COST EMPLOYEE YOUNGER WORKERS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS INNOVATION LAW INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT WORKING HOURS FEMALE EMPLOYERS INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS LABOUR PROFITS LABOR MARKETS ECONOMIC SHOCKS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES SELF‐EMPLOYMENT WAGE EMPLOYMENT LABOR REGULATIONS INCOME LEVEL SEARCH COSTS INCOME GROUPS EMPLOYEES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/25747773/earnings-premiums-penalties-self-employment-informal-employees-around-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23630

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/25747773/earnings-premiums-penalties-self-employment-informal-employees-around-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23630

Earnings Premiums and Penalties for Self-Employment and Informal Employees around the World

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