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Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh
(© 2017 RAND Corporation, 2017-07)We document transitions between different types of formal and informal employment using retrospective job histories from a new survey of 2,000 workers in two metropolitan areas of Bangladesh. We find that workers transitioning ... -
Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh
(© 2019 Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019-02-13)We study transitions between different types of formal and informal employment using retrospective job histories from a new survey in Bangladesh. Workers transitioning between jobs are most likely to remain in the same ... -
Offshoring and occupational wages: some empirical evidence
Offshoring has changed the pattern of international competition; labor in specific occupations rather than whole firms and sectors are now facing competition. Accordingly, wages in offshorable occupations are affected in ... -
Globalisation and inter-occupational inequality: Empirical evidence from OECD countries
How does globalisation affect inter-occupational wage inequality within countries? This paper examines this by focusing on two dimensions of globalisation: openness to trade and openness to capital flows, using a relatively ... -
Does openness reduce wage inequality in developing countries? Panel data evidence from Bangladesh
This paper provides panel data evidence on trade liberalization and wage inequality in Bangladesh. Using several standard econometric models, wage equations for skilled and unskilled workers in the formal manufacturing ...