grounds of low productivity and economic viability. Sustainability of SMEs is argued to depend on improving labour … productivity (LP) through technological upgradation. In a developing economy this may be a costly proposition due to capital … scarcity. So, the effect of technological changes on productivity levels has to be estimated before taking such policies. This …

It is claimed that introducing flexibility in regulation is a sufficient condition for curbing the level of informality … using Panel Data regression point out that regulation does not significantly affect informality. What matters is the … enforcing the regulation are more important in context of curbing the level of informality. In addition, the dissertation also …

This paper examines the impact of the expansion of social protection programs on informality using the case of Mexico … municipalities at different times, we show that, surprisingly, neither significantly affected overall informality. While informality …