CONTRACTUAL DUALISM, MARKET POWER AND INFORMALITY
We develop a search-theoretic model of contractual dualism in formal and informal labour markets. The model (i) provides the micro-underpinnings for endogenous determination of employer market power in the formal and informal sectors, (ii) offers a unified and coherent set-up whereby a host of salie...
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| Volume: | 125 |
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| Main Author: |
Arnab K. Basu
Nancy H. Chau Ravi Kanbur |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Zielgruppe: |
Trade Academic |
| Place of publication: |
OXFORD John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.12.2015 OXFORD UNIV PRESS Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
| published in: | The Economic journal (London) Vol. 125; no. 589; pp. 1534 - 1573 |
| Data of publication: | 20151201 |
| ISSN: |
0013-0133 1468-0297 |
| EISSN: |
1468-0297 |
| Discipline: | Economics |
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for their insightful comments and suggestions that have greatly improved this study. We thank Gary Fields, Santiago Levy and seminar participants at Cornell, the Federal Reserve Bank at St. Louis, the Inter‐American Development Bank, the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), University of Sydney, University of New South Wales and Macquarie University for helpful comments and stimulating discussions. We also thank two anonymous referees and an editor of this J ournal |
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