test which government actions work in getting informal firms to register. Firms were randomized to a control group or one …, and a significant but small increase in formalization from inspections. Our LATE estimates of the impact of actually … results show most informal firms won't formalize unless forced to do so, suggesting formality offers little private benefit to …

find little evidence for most of the channels through which formalization is hypothesized to benefit firms, although …The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which … provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement …

using nationally representative survey data of Indian manufacturing enterprises for the period 1995-2006. In these years of … account for 90 per cent of total manufacturing employment. In order to contrast between a 'modernization' and a 'stagnation … traditional informal activities is related to increased outsourcing by formal manufacturing enterprises. …

the interaction between firms and trade union in determining wages and employment. The focus is on analyzing the effects … of unions’ demands on the firm’s choice of factors of production. In a two-step process the union and firm determine … capital operating time. We suggest the use of a panel data approach applied to manufacturing data. A dynamic model is …

levels of informality in Latin America. A new survey of micro and small firms enables us to control for a rich set of … provides firms with more information about registration, but is argued to not directly affect profits. We find tax registration … leads to significantly higher profits for the firms that the instrument affects. However, we also find evidence of …

transition process in Slovenian manufacturing has been one of just destruction or in contrast one of creative destruction. To … this end we start by documenting gross job flows for the Slovenian manufacturing sector between 1994 and 2000. In contrast … to slowly reforming transition economies where the transition process in manufacturing is characterized by little job …

exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. The existence of these so …

This paper investigates how informality can be defined and measured in the Turkish labor market. Two alternative … definitions of informality are used to explore their relevance and implications for the Turkish labor market using descriptive … characteristics to the likelihood of informality are investigated using multivariate probit analysis under the two definitions. The …

size of the informal economy. There is also evidence that a larger tax wedge increases informality. The tax wedge … with the literature, which identifies labor market regulation and the tax wedge as important drivers of informality. …

labour market policies. To diminish informality, cutting the costs of formality is more effective than raising those of … informality. …