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Informality and Productivity in Bolivia: A Gender Differentiated Empirical Analysis
Andersen, Lykke E.; Muriel, Beatriz - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2007
The urban labor market in Bolivia can be divided into 4 main sectors: 1) the public sector, 2) the formal private sector, 3) self-employed informals, and 4) informal workers. Although incomes are generally higher in the public sector and in the formal private sector, there is a strong preference...
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Labour costs, informal economy and labor law reforms in Bolivia
Roman, Soraya - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2011
reform increases the informality, which causes decrease in the long term variations of the number of contributors to the new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391445
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Understanding Productivity Levels, Dispersion and Growth in the Leather Shoe Industry: Effects of Size and Informality
Birbuet, Juan Cristóbal; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2009
these types of companies. We think that informality is indeed the most important factor that contributes to this phenomenon …. Apparently, the decrease in costs associated with informality compensates to some extend the economies of scale of formal … informal companies instead of the consolidation of this industry in medium and large formal companies. In a way, informality …
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