Normes du travail, migrations internes et emploi: une analyse théorique

Remi Bazillier

Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to determine the impact of the settings of labour standards on the level of dualism, employment and wages. Contrary to the "conventional wisdom", we show that the reinforcement of dualism due to the improvement of labour standards is not automatic. Under certain assumptions (impact of labour standards on productivity, initial level of labour standards and ratio capital/labour), the improvement of labour standards can improve employment in the formal sector, reduce the relative weight of traditional sector and increase the wage in this sector. We also study the effects of labour standards when these standards creates an additional incentive to migrate. We show that it can create a upward pressure on the level of urban unemployment if the gap between working conditions in the two sector is too large

Keywords: Labor norms; dualism; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J80 J88 O15 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2008-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab and nep-mig
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Working Paper: Normes du travail, migrations internes et emploi: une analyse théorique (2008)
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