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On the relationship between labor market policies and outcomes in Bolivia: a search and matching approach
- Abstract:
- In this paper we assess the relationship between labor policies and market outcomes in Bolivia, accounting for a large informal sector mostly comprised of self-employed entrepreneurs. We calibrate a job search and matching model to reproduce labor market features in 2013, a period in which important labor policy changes were simultaneously active for the first time. We focus on some effects of three specific policies namely a 14th salary, minimum wage increases and contributions to a ‘solidary pension fund’ on the sorting of workers between unemployment, formal and informal employment, as well as on the formal wage schedule.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Universidad de Chile
- Journal:
- Estudios de Economía More from this journal
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 61-87
- Publication date:
- 2019-03-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-03-31
- EISSN:
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0718-5286
- ISSN:
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0304-2758
- Language:
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Englsih
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:1081271
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uuid:7e3c6c23-39fd-4824-b6a4-c253fc5c5af4
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pubs:1081271
- Source identifiers:
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1081271
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2020-01-08
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- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Universidad de Chile at: https://estudiosdeeconomia.uchile.cl/index.php/EDE/article/view/52635
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