Mandated Benefits, Employment, and Inequality in a Dual Economy

This paper studies the effect of enforcing labor regulation in an economy with a dual labor market. The analysis uses data from Brazil, a country with a large informal sector and strict labor law, where enforcement affects mainly the degree of comp...

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Main Authors:	Almeida, Rita, Carneiro, Pedro
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESSIBILITY ACCOUNTING AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURE ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AVERAGE WAGES BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER CHILD LABOR CITY TRANSPORTATION COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS COMPENSATION PACKAGE COMPETITIVE MODEL COMPETITIVE MODELS CONTRACT LABOR CREATIVE DESTRUCTION DEMAND CURVE DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISMISSAL DISMISSED WORKER DOMESTIC WORKERS DUAL ECONOMY ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITIES EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUATIONS EQUILIBRIUM WAGES EXOGENOUS VARIABLE EXPECTED WAGE EXPENDITURE FIRING COSTS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME TAX INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCH PROCESS JOB SECURITY JOBS KEYNESIAN UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET REFORM LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET VARIABLES LABOR MARKETS LABOR OFFICE LABOR OFFICES LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LAYOFF LDCS LOCAL LABOR OFFICE MANDATED BENEFITS MARKET THEORY MARKET WAGE MATERNITY BENEFITS MATERNITY LEAVE MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MOBILITY MONOPSONY MONOPSONY POWER MOTIVATION PAID MATERNITY PAYROLL TAXES PER CAPITA INCOME POLICE POLITICAL ECONOMY PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS SECTION RENT SEEKING RETIREMENT RISK NEUTRAL ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS SAFETY SANITATION SELF EMPLOYED SEVERANCE PAY SEVERANCE PAYMENT SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SKILLED WORKERS STRICTER ENFORCEMENT SUBSTITUTES SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY EQUATIONS TAX TAX REVENUES TAXATION TOP MANAGEMENT TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION COST TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRAVEL BY CAR TRAVEL DISTANCE TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUE TURNOVER UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE VALUATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EARNER WAGE INCREASES WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE PREMIUM WAGE RIGIDITIES WAGE RIGIDITY WORKER WORKER HETEROGENEITY WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS
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Mandated Benefits, Employment, and Inequality in a Dual Economy

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