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Size and Development of the Shadow Economies of 157 Countries Worldwide: Updated and New Measures from 1999 to 2013
Hassan, Mai; Schneider, Friedrich - 2016
of informality of 157 countries around the world, including developing, eastern European, central Asian and high income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584596
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Unemployment compensation and the allocation of labor in developing countries
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - 2013
pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and … show that a reasonable amount of UC may reduce informality, while larger amounts of UC induce large disincentives to go …- conceived UC system. We show that UC finance based on payroll taxes is likely to entail an excess level of informality resulting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293204
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Financial dependence, formal credit, and informal jobs: new evidence from Brazilian household data
Catão, Luis A. V.; Pagés, Carmen; Rosales, Maria Fernanda - 2009
This paper examines a much overlooked link between credit markets and formalization: since access to bank credit typically requires compliance with tax and employment legislation, firms are more likely to incur such formalization costs once bank credit is more widely available at lower cost; if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269636
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Product market regulation, firm size, unemployment and informality in developing economies
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Terra, Cristina - 2011
This paper studies the impact of product and labor market regulations on informality and unemployment in a general … regulations lead to a simultaneous reduction in informality and unemployment. The difference between these two policy options lies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278505
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Finance, Informal Competition, and Expectations: A Firm-Level Analysis
Brancati, Emanuele; Di Maio, Michele; Rahman, Aminur - 2022
This paper documents the link between finance and informal competition. Using longitudinal firm-level data, we show that formal firms that are more exposed to the competition of informal firms are less likely to apply for a bank loan. This result is not due to sample selection, omitted variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351979
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Pension Design with a Large Informal Labor Market: Evidence from Chile
Joubert, Clement - 2014
formal jobs rationing is limited and that mandatory pension contributions play an sizeable role in encouraging informality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377356
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Informality, Public Employment and Employment Protection in Developing Countries
Yassin, Shaimaa; Langot, François - 2017
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching model for developing countries' labor markets where the interaction between public, formal private and informal private sectors are taken into account. Theoretical analysis shows that gains from reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744726
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Efficiency in a search and matching economy with a competitive informal sector
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - 2012
results give a rationale to informality-reducing policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290000
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Unemployment Compensation and the Allocation of Labor in Developing Countries
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and … show that a reasonable amount of UC may reduce informality, while larger amounts of UC induce large disincentives to go …- conceived UC system. We show that UC finance based on payroll taxes is likely to entail an excess level of informality resulting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960130
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Financial Dependence, Formal Credit, and Informal Jobs: New Evidence from Brazilian Household Data
Catão, Luis A. V.; Pagés, Carmen; Rosales, Maria Fernanda - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines a much overlooked link between credit markets and formalization: since access to bank credit typically requires compliance with tax and employment legislation, firms are more likely to incur such formalization costs once bank credit is more widely available at lower cost; if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514866