Formal measures of the informal-sector wage gap in Mexico, El Salvador and Peru
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Results of studies in El Salvador, Peru and Mexico show that 1/3 to 1/2 of paid employment is in the informal sector. Patterns revealed show that the informal sector is characterized by younger and less schooled individuals. In terms of work, retail, construction, transportation, personal services, and other short term jobs are more likely to be in the informal sector. Wage premiums are normally associated with formal sector work, although this is not the case in Mexico. For men, the probability of formal sector work increased with marriage and with heading a household, while the opposite was true for women. Further studies will require inclusion of other factors, such as ethnicity and job tenure.
Publication Name: Economic Development & Cultural Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-0079
Year: 1997
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Common property and uncertainty: compensating coalitions by Mexico's pastoral ejidatarios
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Less productivity in agricultural lands in Mexico controlled by ejido or organized community groups relative to private farms can be improved by privatization. This suggestion has ensued a debate which this study hopes to participate in. A group of ejidos on the extensive margin was selected and family-level desicion making within an environment of behavioral and ecological uncertainty was analyzed. Based on the results of the investigations, it is concluded that deterioration in property management at the community level caused the breakdown in ejido productivity on extensive, livestock-herding areas.
Publication Name: Economic Development & Cultural Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-0079
Year: 1993
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The poor versus the disenfranchised: welfare versus empowerment
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The informal sector still warrants more extensive studies. It is covered by several overlapping topics such as microenterprises, economic productivity, legality and political integration. The term informal sector was originally coined by the International Labor Organization in the early 1970s and continues to be characterized by small size and lack of both technological sophistication and involvement with formal sector institutions such as banks and government.
Publication Name: Economic Development & Cultural Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0013-0079
Year: 1995
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