We develop a search and matching model where jobs can be formal or informal. Workers
choose schooling and search for jobs. Firms post vacancies in each schooling market and …

In developing countries, informality is mainly concentrated among younger and older
workers and low-skilled workers. In this study, we propose a dual labor market theory that …

Self-employed workers account for between 8% and 30% of participants in the labor markets
of OECD countries, Blanchflower (2004). This paper develops and estimates a general …

Empirical evidence suggests that poorer countries have larger amounts of predation. We
formulate a neoclassical growth model in which agents devote time to either produce or …

Turnover: Evidence from Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, 2018. 61p. Dissertação de Mestrado–
Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Recent …

Self-employment has tangible positive economic impacts not only the on wage and salary
employment but also on per capital income growth and poverty reduction. Creation of …

My thesis consists of three chapters. In the first chapter,^ The choice to become self $
employed: acknowledging frictions_, I develop and calibrate a search model of self …

Abstract Gomes Mattar, Fernando; Lopes de Ulyssea, Gabriel (Advisor). Essays on female
labor supply. Rio de Janeiro, 2018. 113p. Tese de doutorado–Departamento de Economia …

Este paper investiga si la decisi on de ser cuenta propia es voluntaria o es parte de un
mecanismo de no libre acceso al sector asalariado en el mercado laboral chileno. Se utiliza …