Title: Formal and Informal Sector Wage Differences in Transition Economies: Evidence from Tajikistan
Abstract: Analyzing the self-selection of workers into formal and informal sector employment in Tajikistan, a poor transition economy, with higher informal sector than formal sector wages and an informal sector employment share exceeding 50 percent, we find that the selection of formal and informal sector workers is based on comparative advantages rather that labor market segmentation. Furthermore, labor supply to the two sectors reacts rather elastically to relative wages. Policies increasing relative wages in the formal sector could thus be effective in reducing the high informal sector employment share in this country.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-09-01
Language: en
Type: preprint
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