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Who are the microenterprise owners? : evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto

De Mel, Suresh (contributor); McKenzie, David J. (contributor) - 2008

Is the vast army of the self-employed in low income countries a source of employment generation? We use data from surveys in Sri Lanka to compare the characteristics of own account workers (non-employers) with wage workers and with owners of larger firms. We use a rich set of measures of...

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Formality, informality, and social welfare

Bennett, John (contributor) - 2008

An industry is modeled in which entrepreneurs, who are heterogeneous in ability, may produce formally or informally. It is shown how the formal-informal mix depends on the distribution of ability, product demand and various parameter values. The industry equilibrium is compared to one in which...

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Does it pay firms to register for taxes? : The impact of formality on firm profitability

McKenzie, David J. (contributor); … - 2007

This paper estimates the impact of registering for taxes on firm profits in Bolivia, the country with the highest levels of informality in Latin America. A new survey of micro and small firms enables us to control for a rich set of measures of owner ability and business motivations that can...

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Family ceremonies as a constraint on informal sector investment : the case of Sénégal

Bennett, John; Levy, Stephanie - 2018

We analyze how intermittent large expenditures on family ceremonies may affect an entrepreneur's investment decision in an informal enterprise. Our hypothesis is that the barrier between family and enterprise is thin and permeable. We test this hypothesis using a survey from Sénégal that...

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Defining and measuring informality in the Turkish labor market

Acar, Elif Öznur; Tansel, Aysıt - 2014

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 … social security registration criterion is found to be a better measure of informality in the Turkish labor market given its …

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Is there an informal employment wage penalty in Egypt?

Tansel, Aysıt; Keskin, Halil Ibrahim; Ozdemir, Zeynel … - 2015

This paper considers the private sector wage earners in Egypt and examine their wage distribution during 1998 …-2012 using Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey. We first estimate Mincer wage equations both at the mean and at different …

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Labor mobility across the formal/informal divide in Turkey : evidence from individual level data

Tansel, Aysıt; Öznur Kan, Elif - 2012

, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor market. However, the existing evidence on labor informality in Turkey is mixed and … distinct labor market states and identifying the effects of certain individual and job characteristics on variant mobility … market states of formal-salaried, informal-salaried, formal self-employed, informal self-employed, unemployed and inactive …

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A helping hand or the long arm of the law? : experimental evidence on what governments can do to formalize firms

Andrade, Gustavo Henrique de; Bruhn, Miriam; McKenzie, … - 2013

results show most informal firms won't formalize unless forced to do so, suggesting formality offers little private benefit to …

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Self-employment, wage employment and informality in a developing economy

Bennett, John; Rablen, Matthew D. - 2012

We construct a simple model incorporating various urban labour market phenomena obtaining in developing economies. Our … initial formulation assumes an integrated labour market and allows for entrepreneurship, self-employment and wage employment …. We then introduce labour market segmentation. In equilibrium voluntary and involuntary self-employment, formal and …

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The demand for, and consequences of, formalization among informal firms in Sri Lanka

De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012

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 for direct registration costs had no impact on...

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