For better or for worse? Job and earnings mobility in nine middle- low-income countries: A comment

Reinhart, Carmen (2006): For better or for worse? Job and earnings mobility in nine middle- low-income countries: A comment. Published in: Brookings Trade Forum 2006 (2006): pp. 204-207.

Abstract

Comment on: Suzanne Duryea, Gustavo Márquez, Carmen Pagés, and Stefano Scarpetta, who review evidence on labor market mobility in nine countries. Three countries come from Latin America, while the remainder are transition economies in Eastern Europe. The period of study ranges from as little as two years to eleven years. The paper uses longitudinal labor force survey data to construct a transition matrix for each country. The authors consider six possible labor force outcomes: out of the labor force, unemployed, formal salaried worker, informal salaried worker, self-employed, and farmer.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: labor market capital flows informal sector developing countries
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E26 - Informal Economy ; Underground Economy; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E20 - General

References

B Borgarello,Andrea, Suzanne Duryea,Analia Olgiati, and Stefano Scarpetta. 2006. “Early Work Experience for Youth: Stepping Stones or Traps.”Working Paper. Washington: World Bank (June).

Caprio, Gerard, Daniela Klingebiel, Luc Laeven, and Guillermo Noguera. 2005. “Banking Crisis Database.” In Systemic Financial Crises, edited by Patrick Honohan and Luc Laeven, appendix: pp. 307–40. Cambridge University Press.

Caves, Richard E. 1998. “Industrial Organization and New Findings on the Turnover and Mobility of Firms.” Journal of Economic Literature 36, no. 4 (December): 1947–982.

Duryea, Suzanne, Gustavo Marquéz, Carmen Pagés, and Stefano Scarpetta. 2006. “Mobility between Formal and Informal Jobs: Evidence from Transition and Latin American Countries.”Working Paper. Washington:World Bank (June).

Fernandes, Ana M. 2002. “Trade Policy, Trade Volumes, and Plant-Level Productivity in Colombian Manufacturing Industries.” Policy Research Working Paper 3064. Washington: World Bank.

Frankel, Jeffrey, and Andrew Rose. 1996. “Currency Crashes in Emerging Markets: An Empirical Treatment.” Journal of International Economics 41, nos. 3-4 (November): 351–66.

Gong, Xiaodong, Arthur van Soest, and Elizabeth Villagomez. 2004. “Mobility in the Urban Labor Market: A Panel Data Analysis for Mexico.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 53: 1–36.

Haltiwanger, John C., Adriana Kugler, Maurice Kugler, Alejandro Micco, and Carmen Pagés. 2004. “Effects of Tariffs and Real Exchange Rates on Job Reallocation: Evidence from Latin America.” Journal of Policy Reform 7, no. 4 (December): 191–208.

IADB. 2003. Good Jobs Wanted: Labor Markets in Latin America: 2004 Economic and Social Progress Report. Washington: Inter-American Development Bank.

Kaminsky, Graciela L., and Carmen Reinhart. 1999. “The Twin Crises: The Causes of Banking and Balance of Payments Problems.” American Economic Review 89 no.4 (June): 473–500.

Maloney,William F. 1999. “Does Informality Imply Segmentation in Urban Labor? Evidence from Sectoral Transitions in Mexico.”World Bank Economic Review 13, no. 2: 275–302.