Informal employment in emerging and transition economies

In developing and transition economies as much as half the labor force works in the informal sector. Informal firms congest infrastructure and other public services but do not contribute to financing them. Informal workers are unprotected against such negative shocks as ill-health. Reducing informality requires better enforcement, more reasonable regulation, and economic growth.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Slonimczyk, Fabián
Published in:	IZA World of Labor. - Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	informality \| shadow economy \| mobility \| exclusion

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.15185/izawol.59 [DOI] 846712644 [GVK] hdl:10419/125276 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2014:n:59 [RePEc]
Classification:	j46
Source:	EconStor

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