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Informal Employment in Argentina : Causes and Consequences

World Bank - 2012

Argentina, to analyze the determinants of informality and its impact on poverty and equity. Informality in the labor market has … become a central concern for policy makers and the society at large in Argentina. The long upward trend in informal … of informality in the labor market is not an empty field in Argentina. Many local analysts have studied its causes and …

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Increasing formality and productivity of Bolivian firms

2009

This book presents qualitative and quantitative analyses on Bolivia's informal sector, the reasons why firms are informal, and the impact of normalization on their profitability. The analysis finds that the impact of tax registration on profitability depends on firm size and the ability to issue...

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The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity and institutions

Benjamin, Nancy C. - 2012

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In from the shadow : integrating Europe's informal labor

Packard, Truman - 2012

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Improving skills development in the informal sector : strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa

Adams, Arvil V. - 2013

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Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Loayza, Norman - 2009

"This paper studies the causes and consequences of informality and applies the analysis to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It starts with a discussion on the definition and measures of informality, as well as on the reasons why widespread informality should be of great concern. The...

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Gross worker flows in the presence of informal labor markets : the Mexican experience 1987-2002

Bosch, Mariano - 2006

"This paper applies recent advances in the study of labor market dynamics to a representative developing country with a large informal or unregulated sector, Mexico. It studies quarterly gross flows of workers over a 15-year period that includes two recoveries and recessions, including the...

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On defining and measuring the informal sector

Arabsheibani, G. Reza - 2006

"A range of alternative empirical definitions of informal activity have been employed in the literature. Choice of definition is often dictated by data availability. Different definitions may imply very different conceptual understandings of informality. In this paper the authors investigate the...

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Enforcement of labor regulation, informal labor, and firm performance

Almeida, Rita - 2005

"This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its impact on firm performance. Using firm level data on informal employment and firm performance, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, the authors...

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Economic impacts of professional training in the informal sector : the case of the labor force training program in Côte d'Ivoire

Verner, Dorte - 2005

"The authors address the economic impact of the labor force training program (PAFPA) developed for the informal sector in Côte d'Ivoire. The data contain a subsample of the participants in the agricultural sector, tailoring sector, and the electronics sector, and a comparable control group of...

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