Personal Opinions about the Social Security System and Informal Employment : Evidence from Bulgaria

Perotti, Valeria ; Sá ; nchez Puerta, Maria Laura

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGE GROUP;    ASYLUM;    BANK LENDING;    BUSINESS CYCLE;    CASH TRANSFER;   

RP-ID  :  89563

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

In this paper the authors analyze therelationship between personal opinions about the socialsecurity system and levels of informal employment using datafrom a recent household survey carried out in Bulgaria.They compare different indicators of job informality,focusing on the lack of social security affiliation as themain indicator.The results suggest that low value isattached to social security affiliation and that knowledgeof the social security system is very limited.As aconsequence, many workers seem to choose informal jobsbecause they think that the benefits from being affiliatedwith the social security system are too low compared withthe costs. On the other hand, being affiliated does not seemto matter in terms of overall job satisfaction.