evidence-based policy process. This paper proposes a novel empirical method for monitoring the accessibility and levels of … the amounts of cash support that individuals in need receive in practice. Results show that accessibility and benefit …

formal jobs rationing is limited and that mandatory pension contributions play an sizeable role in encouraging informality …

promoting informality and reducing participation rates. These effects can be important enough to deserve consideration in policy …

quantitative theory to study the dynamic implications of informality on wage inequality, human capital accumulation, child labor … and long-run growth. Our model can generate transitory informality equilibria or informality-induced poverty traps. Its … calibration reveals that the case for the poverty-trap hypothesis is strong: although informality serves to protect low …

Informality is a defining characteristic of labor markets in developing and transition countries. This paper analyzes …