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dc.contributor.authorBadaoui, Elianeen
dc.contributor.authorStrobl, Ericen
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Frank A.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-23-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:24:16Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:24:16Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34531-
dc.description.abstractWe estimate the wage penalty associated with working in the South African informal sector. To this end we use a rich data set on non-self employed males that allows one to accurately distinguish workers employed in the informal sector from those employed in the formal sector and link individuals over time. Implementing various econometric approaches we find that there is a gross wage penalty of a little over 18 per cent for working in the informal sector. However, once we reduce our sample to a group for which we can reasonably calculate earnings net of taxes and control for time invariant unobservables the wage penalty disappears.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3151en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInformal sectoren
dc.subject.keywordwage penaltyen
dc.subject.keywordSouth Africaen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwInformeller Sektoren
dc.subject.stwSüdafrikaen
dc.titleIs there an informal employment wage penalty? Evidence from South Africa-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn552644641en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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