@inproceedings{Launov2006Competitive,
abstract = {It has recently been argued that the informal sector in developing countries
shows a dual structure, with part of the informal sector being competitive to the
formal sector and part of the informal sector being the result of market segmentation. We formulate an econometric model to test this hypothesis. The model
allows for sector multiplicity with unobserved sector affiliation in the informal
sector and takes into account sample selection bias induced by the employment
decision of individuals. An estimation of the model for the urban labor market
in C^ote d'Ivoire shows that the informal labor market is indeed composed of two
segments with both competitive as well as segmented employment.},
author = {Andrey Launov and Isabel G\"{u}nther},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {O17; J42; 330; informal labor market; segmentation; comparative advantage; selection bias; latent structure; finite mixture},
language = {eng},
number = {16},
series = {Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2006 / Verein f\"{u}r Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics},
title = {Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19843},
year = {2006}
}
