Job quality and labour market transitions: Evidence from Mexican informal and formal workers

Emily Conover, Melanie Khamis and Sarah Pearlman

No wp-2021-23, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In this paper we analyse informal work in Mexico, which accounts for the majority of employment in the country and has grown over time. We document that the informal sector is composed of two distinct parts: salaried informal employment and self-employment. Relative to self-employment and formal salaried employment, on average informal salaried workers have lower wages and lower job quality as measured by an index. Education plays a different role in job matches and job transitions, depending on the type of informal employment.

Keywords: Informal work; job quality; Labour market dynamics; Mexico; Informal sector; Informality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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