Informality and labour market segmentation: the case of Argentina

Beccaría, Luis Alberto
Groisman, Fernando

2016-04-21T12:51:56Z

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LC/G.2652-P

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The document evaluates the presence of segmentation in the Argentinean labour market. The analysis is centred on the comparison of the earnings of formal and informal workers. Two different approaches to the definition of informality are used. The existence of a formal premium is tested using dynamic data and semiparametric techniques. The period analysed is 1996-2006 for all urban surveyed areas. Our results support the segmentation hypothesis for the Argentine urban labour market: workers with similar probabilities of entering/exiting across sectors obtain different earnings.

EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS; INCOME; URBAN AREAS; LABOUR MARKET; INFORMAL SECTOR; EMPLOYMENT; ZONAS URBANAS; ESTADISTICAS DEL EMPLEO; INGRESOS; SECTOR INFORMAL; MERCADO DE TRABAJO; EMPLEO;