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Informality and Aggregate Productivity : The Case of Mexico
Alvarez, Jorge - 2020
interact with informality. Using employment surveys and a firm-level economic census, we document a number of novel features … about informal firms in Mexico. We then construct and estimate a model of heterogeneous firms and endogenous informality to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843518
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Nonlinearity between the Shadow Economy and Level of Development
Frank Wu, Dong - 2019
This paper is the first attempt to directly explore the long-run nonlinear relationship between theshadow economy and level of development. Using a dataset of 158 countries over the period from1996 to 2015, our results reveal a robust U-shaped relationship between the shadow economy sizeand GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889145
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Informality and Gender Gaps Going Hand in Hand
Malta, Vivian - 2019
-country comparisons indicate strong associations between gender gaps and higher female informality. This paper uses microdata from Senegal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868267
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Measuring the Informal Economy in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Abdih, Yasser - 2013
around 35 percent of GDP in Armenia. Furthermore, the results show that higher levels of informality increase the levels of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080224
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Informality in Paraguay : Macro-Micro Evidence and Policy Implications
Vargas, Jose - 2016
Paraguay's economy features a high degree of informality. Based on different estimation approaches, informal activity … government effectiveness are the ultimate determinants of informality. In all of these areas Paraguay performs weakly compared to … combination of policies to reduce informality is not straightforward, and needs to reflect the specific circumstances and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999750
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The Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa : Size and Determinants
Medina, Leandro - 2017
gradually declining. It also finds significant heterogeneity, with informality ranging from a low of 20 to 25 percent in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950389
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Governance for Inclusive Growth
Ivanyna, Maksym; Salerno, Andrea - 2022
The government’s ability to deliver inclusive growth crucially depends on the quality of governance. This paper reviews the linkages between governance and inclusive growth, and key policies to improve governance. The policies include (1) structural reform, automation, improving rules and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013305678
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The Size Distribution of Manufacturing Plants and Development
Kothari, Siddharth - 2015
The typical size distribution of manufacturing plants in developing countries has a thick left tail compared to developed countries. The same holds across Indian states, with richer states having a much smaller share of their manufacturing employment in small plants. In this paper, I explore the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028669
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A Framework for Assessing the Costs of Pension Reform Reversals
Baksa, Daniel - 2020
Several European countries are currently considering reversing parts of their pension reforms that were adopted previously to improve sustainability. In this paper we present a framework that allows us to quantify the macroeconomic and fiscal costs of such reversals. We thereby integrate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825209
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Reforming the Greek Pension System
Kangur, Alvar; Kalavrezou, Niki; Kim, Daehaeng - 2022
The Greek pension system has been costly, complex, and distortive, which has contributed to Greece’s fiscal problems and discouraged labor force participation. Several attempts to reform the system faltered due to lack of implementation, pushback by vested interests, and court rulings leading...
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