The effect of unobservables on labour supply decisions: the formal and Informal sector during transition

Type Working Paper - SSRN eLibrary
Title The effect of unobservables on labour supply decisions: the formal and Informal sector during transition
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2003
URL http://libeprints.lse.ac.uk/6329/1/The_Effect_of_Unobservables_on_Labour_Supply_Decisions_The_formal​_and_informal_sector_during_transition.pdf
Abstract
The transition from a command economy in the FSU resulted in increased activities in the informal sector. However despite prevalent delays in wage payments many workers were still observed to be working full-time in theformal sector. Here a model of workers' labour supply decisions incorporates unobservable features of informal activities in both sectors; namely unofficial payments within the formal sector and stigma associated with the informal sector. These extensions result in non-trivial changes to workers' reservation wage conditions and reconcile the unexpected outcomes of workers' labour supply decisions. A limited empirical analysis of Kyrgyz data, for 1993 and1996, provides support for the implications of this framework.

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