This paper investigates four topics.(1) It examines the different roles played by the
propensity score (the probability of selection into treatment) in matching, instrumental …

This paper analyzes the reasons behind the low rates of contribution to social security
programs in developing countries. Using a large set of harmonized household surveys from …

This paper contributes to the continuing debates on the mechanisms driving labor market
informality in developing countries by proposing an innovative way to discriminate between …

Abstract As of 2011–12, informal workers in India comprise 85.8 percent of the total labor
force. This paper uses India's National Sample Survey data on Employment and …

This paper studies the impact of an increase in the enforcement of labor regulations on
unemployment and inequality, using city level data from Brazil. We find that stricter …

This dissertation studies labor earnings mobility in the short-run and the structure of labor
markets in urban Mexico, from 1987 to 2002. In the first part it gauges the average earnings …

India has struggled with the question of what to make in India—manufacturing or services.
The Economic Survey 2014–2015 articulated that this was a false choice. Instead, India …

This paper studies the effect of enforcing labor regulation in an economy with a dual labor
market. The analysis uses data from Brazil, a country with a large informal sector and strict …

This dissertation analyzes family decision-making about labor force sector participation,
health insurance, fertility, and prenatal care in Mexico, where a large proportion of the …

This paper analyses unemployment and employment dynamics in the urban Mexican labour
market. We use a method to distinguish between the effects of duration dependence and …