Are Secondary Workers Informal Workers? Evidence for Argentina

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6167074
AutoresAlzua Maria Laura (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Número63
Páginas81-114
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevista Desarrollo y Sociedad (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0120-3584 • E-ISSN: 1900-7760
EditorialUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.13043/dys.63.2
OpenAlexW2152462809
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas6

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

Dual (grammatical number · Dualism · Economics · Empirical evidence · Estimation · Ex-ante · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Order (exchange · Sample (material · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Taxation and Compliance Studies