. The basic framework considers an economy with a large informal production sector and a heterogeneous work force. The labor … improves competitiveness, and expands the formal sector at the expense of the informal sector. Hence, in a two-sector economy …

. The basic framework considers an economy with a large informal production sector and a heterogeneous work force. The labor … improves competitiveness, and expands the formal sector at the expense of the informal sector. Hence, in a two-sector economy …

framework considers a small open economy with a large informal production sector and a heterogeneous work force. The labor …

a roughly equivalent number elsewhere in the economy. At a product-specific or micro level and in the short term …, controlling trade could reduce the offending imports and save jobs, but for the economy as a whole and in the long term, this …

a roughly equivalent number elsewhere in the economy. At a product-specific or micro level and in the short term …, controlling trade could reduce the offending imports and save jobs, but for the economy as a whole and in the long term, this …