Are Secondary Workers Informal Workers? : Evidence for Argentina

Empirical studies attempting at testing dualism in developing countries often rely on an ex-ante definition of the primary and the secondary sector. Many times this methodology causes biases in the estimation due to sample selection problems. Also, such definitions may be arbitrary sometimes. We use...

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Autor principal: Alzúa, María Laura
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
Materias:
Economía
dual labor markets
endogenous switching model with unknown regime
developing countries
mercados duales
modelo de cambio de régimen endógeno
Países en Desarrollo
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/122362
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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institution_str I-19
repository_str R-120
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topic Economía
dual labor markets
endogenous switching model with unknown regime
developing countries
mercados duales
modelo de cambio de régimen endógeno
Países en Desarrollo
spellingShingle Economía
dual labor markets
endogenous switching model with unknown regime
developing countries
mercados duales
modelo de cambio de régimen endógeno
Países en Desarrollo
Alzúa, María Laura
Are Secondary Workers Informal Workers? : Evidence for Argentina
topic_facet Economía
dual labor markets
endogenous switching model with unknown regime
developing countries
mercados duales
modelo de cambio de régimen endógeno
Países en Desarrollo
description Empirical studies attempting at testing dualism in developing countries often rely on an ex-ante definition of the primary and the secondary sector. Many times this methodology causes biases in the estimation due to sample selection problems. Also, such definitions may be arbitrary sometimes. We use twenty seven years of household data in order to test for the existence dual labor markets in Argentina. We estimated an endogenous switching model with unknown regime without defining ex-ante sector attachment. We find evidence of dualism for both periods analyzed. However, the differences between the two sectors have significantly changed over time. Finally, our estimations also corroborate the fact that using the usual ex-ante definition of sector attachment may not be adequate for testing dualism.
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author Alzúa, María Laura
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title Are Secondary Workers Informal Workers? : Evidence for Argentina
title_short Are Secondary Workers Informal Workers? : Evidence for Argentina
title_full Are Secondary Workers Informal Workers? : Evidence for Argentina
title_fullStr Are Secondary Workers Informal Workers? : Evidence for Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Are Secondary Workers Informal Workers? : Evidence for Argentina
title_sort are secondary workers informal workers? : evidence for argentina
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