Labor Market Dynamics in Developing Countries : Comparative Analysis using Continuous Time Markov Processes

Labor Market Dynamics in Developing Countries : Comparative Analysis using Continuous Time Markov Processes

The authors study the dynamics of three developing country labor markets using recent advances in the estimation of continuous time Markov processes. They first examine the flows of workers among five states: three types of paid labor, unemployment, and out of the labor force. The authors find a hi...

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Main Authors: Bosch, Mariano, Maloney, William
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
DISCRIMINATION
DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT
DISPLACED WORKERS
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
INCOME
INFLATION
JOB CREATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR LEGISLATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LEGISLATION
MARKET
MINIMUM WAGE
MORTALITY
MOTIVATION
OLDER WORKERS
UNEMPLOYMENT
PARENTS
SELF EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL SECURITY
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN EMPLOYMENT
WAGE RIGIDITIES
WAGES
WORKERS
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUNGER WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5800511/labor-market-dynamics-developing-countries-comparative-analysis-using-continuous-time-markov-processes
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8948

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5800511/labor-market-dynamics-developing-countries-comparative-analysis-using-continuous-time-markov-processes
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8948

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