The efficiency of the informal sector on the search and matching framework

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Borradores de Economía; No. 832
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2014-07-21
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2014-07-21
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Flórez, Luz Adriana
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Abstract
This paper analyzes efficiency in an economy with an informal sector that consists of unregulated self-employment, and where there are no costs of being informal, (Albrecht et al. (2009)). First, assuming workers in the formal sector are ex-ante heterogen
JEL Codes
J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant ClosingsJ64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job SearchH21 - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Keywords
Efficiency ; Informal sector ; Hidden search effort ;
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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/6119
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/6119
https://doi.org/10.32468/be.832
https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/832.html
https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000094/011954.html
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