Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211317 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2019/90
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Contrary to the predictions of the insider-outsider model, we show that the large majority of outsiders in developing countries support, rather than oppose, protective labour regulations. This evidence holds across countries in different regions, across different types of protective labour regulations (i.e. severance payment, minimum wages, working time), and for different categories of outsiders (i.e. unemployed workers and employees without access to legally mandated labour benefits). We revise the economic and political assumptions of the insider-outsider model, discussing their empirical relevance in a developing country context.
Subjects: 
informal
labour
segmentation
monopsony
fairness
JEL: 
J4
J8
O17
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-726-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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