Self-Employment and Self-Selection in Developing Country Labor Markets

1985 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 351 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Blau
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Self Selection

scholarly journals Are Women Really Less Competitive Than Men? Career Duration in Nordic and Alpine Skiing

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Frick ◽  
Katharina Moser
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Alpine Skiing ◽  
Random Assignment ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Corporate Executives ◽  
Career Length ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Nordic Skiing

Do women shy away from competition while men compete too much? The available, mostly experimental evidence generally supports these assumptions. However, in contrast to laboratory settings, labor markets do not have random assignment of workers. Instead, individuals—professional athletes and corporate executives—self-select into specific occupations. Using data from Alpine and Nordic skiing over 52 and 37 years respectively, we show that career length of men and women is virtually identical. Thus, when adequately controlling for self-selection into a highly competitive environment, differences between men and women with respect to competitiveness completely disappear.

scholarly journals Contingent High-Skilled Work and Flexible Labor Markets. Creative Workers and Independent Contractors Cycling Between Employment and Unemployment

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Michel Menger
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Independent Contractors ◽  
Employment System ◽  
Flexible Labor ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Creative Workers

Abstract Flexibility in highly skilled jobs combines the characteristics of the secondary and the professional labor market, which oblige to revise the separation between salaried work and self-employment. Two cases are studied: the employment system of artists and technical workers in the performing arts and the work of independent contractors mediated by umbrella firms. An analysis of the French labor market shows how “flexicurity” may work, but also how its books may get unbalanced, as employers learn to make strategic use of unemployment insurance.

scholarly journals The Self-Employment Option in Rigid Labor Markets: An Empirical Investigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1264) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Joaquin Garcia-Cabo ◽  
Rocio Madera ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Employment

WAGE DISCRIMINATION IN INDIA’S FORMAL AND INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
BHASKAR JYOTI NEOG ◽  
BIMAL KISHORE SAHOO
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Wage Discrimination ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Informal Labor ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Better Regulation ◽  
Quantile Decomposition ◽  
Informal Labor Market ◽  
Gender Based

The study examines the extent of gender and caste-based discrimination among the formally and informally employed in India using the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) Employment-Unemployment Survey (EUS) data for the four major rounds from 1999–00 to 2011–12. Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition results corrected for self-selection show wage discrimination to be significantly higher in informal employment compared to the formally employed. Similarly, caste-based discrimination is found to be lower compared to gender-based discrimination. The quantile decomposition results show discrimination to vary across the quantiles. Our results highlight the need for better regulation of the informal labor market in India.

The impact of training on productivity and wages in Tunisia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naouel Ben Jemaa Cherif
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Wage Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Returns To Training ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of training on labor productivity and wages in order to examine how the benefits from training are shared between employers and employees.Design/methodology/approachThis study analyzes an industry panel covering all sectors of the Tunisian economy for the period 2000–2014. The panel structure of the data allows controlling for the endogeneity of training by using different panel data techniques.FindingsResults show that both employers and workers benefit from training since it has a positive and significant effect on productivity and wages. However, the effect of training on productivity is substantially higher than on wages, suggesting that employers obtain the largest part of the returns to training. This result is consistent with theories that explain firm-sponsored training by a compressed wage structure in imperfect labor markets.Originality/valueThis study, particularly showcasing the labor market in Tunisia, is one of the first to provide estimates for a developing country to assess the effects of training for both employer and employee. It is also among the few empirical works that analyzed the impact of training on labor productivity and wages simultaneously.

scholarly journals Does the US Labor Market Reward International Experience?

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (5) ◽  
pp. 250-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Pozo
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
The Us ◽  
Alternative Testing ◽  
International Human ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

A typical strategy for measuring the returns to international experience--comparing the earnings of returning migrants to comparable non-migrants--has been criticized for not adequately accounting for self-selection. I suggest an alternative, testing whether individuals born beyond US borders, but into US citizenship, earn more in US labor markets relative to counterparts born on US soil. Those born abroad to US citizens did not self-select an international experience. Using the ACS, I find that the US market rewards international experience, especially in occupations that value creativity and innovation. Women, in particular, are handsomely rewarded for international human capital.

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