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dc.contributor.author | Herrera-Idárraga, Paula | - |
dc.contributor.author | López-Bazo, Enrique | - |
dc.contributor.author | Motellón Corral, Elisabet | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-25T07:38:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-25T07:38:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2014-1254 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/57609 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, we explore the connection between labor market segmentation in two sectors, a modern protected formal sector and a traditionalunprotected-informal sector, and overeducation in a developing country. Informality is thought to have negative consequences, primarily through poorer working conditions, lack of social security, as well as low levels of productivity throughout the economy. This paper considers an aspect that has not been previously addressed, namely the fact that informality might also affect the way workers match their actual education with that required performing their job. We use micro-data from Colombia to test the relationship between overeducation and informality. Empirical results suggest that, once the endogeneity of employment choice has been accounted for, formal male workers are less likely to be overeducated. Interestingly, the propensity of being overeducated among women does not seem to be closely related to the sector choice. | - |
dc.format.extent | 34 p. | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública | - |
dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2013/201305.pdf | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | IREA – Working Papers, 2013, IR13/05 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | AQR – Working Papers, 2013, AQR13/03 | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | [WP E-AQR13/03] | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | [WP E-IR13/05] | - |
dc.rights | cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Herrera-Idárraga et al., 2013 | - |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | - |
dc.source | Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA)) | - |
dc.subject.classification | Mercat de treball | - |
dc.subject.classification | Recursos humans | - |
dc.subject.classification | Igualtat retributiva | - |
dc.subject.classification | Desenvolupament econòmic | - |
dc.subject.other | Labor market | - |
dc.subject.other | Human capital | - |
dc.subject.other | Pay equity | - |
dc.subject.other | Economic development | - |
dc.title | Informality and Overeducation in the Labor Market of a Developing Country | eng |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper | - |
dc.date.updated | 2014-09-25T07:38:44Z | - |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | - |
Appears in Collections: | AQR (Grup d’Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional) – Working Papers Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA)) Documents de treball / Informes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada) |
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