Having unique data we investigate informal employment and "envelope payments" as additional costs of worker … employment than their non-displaced counterparts. Our main results confirm our contention that displacement entraps some of the … workers in involuntary informal employment. Those who quit, in turn, experience voluntary informality for the most part, but …

Informal activities impact countries'economic development and overall growth. However, studying informal employment is … informal employment and to analyze its determinants. We demonstrate that the incidence of informal employment varies across the … different definitions. However, the determinants of informal employment are roughly stable across the different measures as long …