Chapter 6 Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Gang, Ira N.; Landon‐Lane, John

doi:10.1108/s0147-9121(2012)0000034009

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“…Abdulloev et al (2012) represent an important exception. They explore the link between participation in informal activities, captured by the gap between reported income (including remittances) and reported expenditures, and receiving remittances in Tajikistan.…”

Section: Remittances Unemployment and Informal Work: Insights From Tmentioning

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“…Williams (2009)). In Abdulloev et al (2012) the receivers of 'envelope' wages would be considered informal workers, as their reported expenditures exceed reported income, but in our analysis they are likely to be formal (i.e., they would answer 'yes' to the question, "Do you have a formal contract in your main job?"). In contrast, people who do not have a formal contract in their main job ('informal work' in this paper) are likely to be employed in the lower-tier informal sector (small firms, family businesses, self-employed), receive a relatively low wage and, possibly, have a lower gap between reported expenditures and income (i.e.…”

Section: Remittances and Labour Market Outcomes Of Non-migrant Househmentioning

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“…Tajikistan are low-skilled, Abdulloev et al (2012) Second, remittances may provide people with capital for starting a small business or working as self-employed. As jobs in small businesses and self-employment tend to be informal, remittances will be associated with informality.…”

Section: Remittances Unemployment and Informal Work: Insights From Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Remittances and informal work

Ivļevs

2016

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1 Artjoms Ivlevs 2 Bristol Business School (UWE Bristol) and IZA AbstractPurpose -This paper explores the effect of remittances on informal employment in the migrants' countries of origin, looking both at the remittance-receiving and non-migrant households.Design/methodology/approach -Using data from a large survey conducted in six transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the determinants of three labour market outcomes -not working, working formally and working informally -are estimated in a multinomial probit model. The endogeneity of remittances is dealt with instrumental variables following the two-stage residual inclusion technique. To assess possible impact of remittances on non-migrant households, conditional correlations between the labour market outcomes of non-migrant households and the region-level share of remittance receivers are obtained.Findings -Both correlational and instrumental variable analyses suggest that that receiving remittances increases the likelihood of working informally. At the regional level, high prevalence of remittances is associated with a higher likelihood of informal work among the non-migrant households. Migration and remittances may thus be contributing to informal employment in migration-sending countries.Research limitations/implications -The empirical analysis is based on cross-sectional data, which do not allow isolating the effects of unobserved respondent heterogeneity. To deal with this issue, future research could use panel data.Originality/value -The study explicitly considers the effects of remittances on formal and informal employment of remittances receivers as well as people who do not receive remittances. It advances our understanding of what drives informality in developing and transition economies.

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Section: Remittances Unemployment and Informal Work: Insights From Tmentioning

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Section: Remittances and Labour Market Outcomes Of Non-migrant Househmentioning

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2016

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“…Johnson et al (1997) identify six types of survival strategies used in Russia, which they refer to as informal activities: having a second job; using land to grow food; working as a private taxi driver; renting out ones apartment; business trips abroad for resale and renting out ones garage. A recent study by Abdulloev et al (2012) use discrepancy between reported household expenditure and reported household income in Tajikistan as an indication of informal/unreported activity. Their approach does not need detailed information about the working environment (firm characteristics or worker protection) to assign individuals to informal sector activity.…”

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Is there an informal employment wage premium? Evidence from Tajikistan

Staneva

Arabsheibani

2014

IZA J Labor Develop

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“…A study by Gasparini and Tornarolli (2009) defines as informal employees who are engaged in low-productive jobs, often family-based activities. There are a group of researchers who view the informal labour market in line with the survival-oriented informal activities (Johnson et al, 1997;Abdulloev et al, 2012).…”

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Labour Force Participation of Cameroonians in Informal Sector

Mathurin

Gaetan

2015

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Abstract:In this paper, we analyse the Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of informal workers in Cameroon. We also estimate the effects of some determining factors on LFP decisions. We use data from the Cameroon National Institute of Statistics (CNIS), a three-wave panel obtained respectively in 2001, 2005 and 2010 for a sample of individuals in the labour market. The sample data of the national population is representative. All information's on demographic, socioeconomic and employment characteristics used in this study are provided by the CNIS database. It is particularly remarkable that the LFPR in informal sector increased substantially during latest years, particularly those of young workers. This rise in the LFPR is principally explained by the significant increase in the labour-market activity of the urban younger generation which has been improved by migration. Estimating a simple model of LFP with logistic methodology, we find that poverty, age and urbanization are significantly related with LFPR of informal labour market in Cameroon.

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Chapter 6 Migration as a Substitute for Informal Activities: Evidence from Tajikistan

Cited by 14 publications

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Remittances and informal work

Remittances and informal work

Is there an informal employment wage premium? Evidence from Tajikistan

Labour Force Participation of Cameroonians in Informal Sector

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