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Do Formal Workers Use Informal Search Methods? Investigating Labor Search in Mexico.

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dc.contributor.authorZhong, Moira
dc.contributor.chairBasu, Arnaben_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTurvey, Calumen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T16:40:48Z
dc.date.available2023-03-31T16:40:48Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description43 pagesen_US
dc.descriptionSupplemental file(s) description: Mexico State shape file, Mexico state shape file, Processed dataset, Word version thesis, Do file 6, Do file 5, Do file 4, Do file 3, Do file 2, Do file 1.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines how formal sector employment affects the worker’s job search methods in Mexico. It studies how each worker and workplace characteristic is associated with the probability of using each job search method as opposed to private/public agencies using a multinomial logit model. It also examines a differential effect of using friends and family search in different sizes of town: the bigger the size of town, the more rewarding is friends and family search in terms of real monthly wages, and the possibility that the position offers any work-related benefits. In addition, it finds that using formal job search methods such as friends/family search, advertisement, internet search is associated with a slightly larger probability of that position being in the formal sector for males than females, while using direct approach is associated with a significantly larger probability of that position being in the formal sector for females than males. Importantly, it argues that the return to searching through friends and family is bigger in terms of real monthly income in towns of smaller sizes, even though larger towns are associated with higher real monthly income.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7298/z4gq-m862
dc.identifier.otherZhong_cornell_0058_11603
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/cornell:11603
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/113064
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectENOEen_US
dc.subjectInformal Sectoren_US
dc.subjectInformalityen_US
dc.subjectInternational Developmenten_US
dc.subjectJob Searchen_US
dc.subjectMexicoen_US
dc.titleDo Formal Workers Use Informal Search Methods? Investigating Labor Search in Mexico.en_US
dc.typedissertation or thesisen_US
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810.2
thesis.degree.disciplineApplied Economics and Management
thesis.degree.grantorCornell University
thesis.degree.levelMaster of Science
thesis.degree.nameM.S., Applied Economics and Management

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