This paper revisits the effects of a country's institutional framework on individual firms' behavior, in particular … legal rules and employs a rich dataset based on thousands of firms from dozens of countries. We find that most of the … extent the context within which firms operate. …

in the Swedish manufacturing sector 1985-1995. The skill-bias is further corroborated: it is confirmed although the …

This paper studies the impact of informality on the long-run relationship between inflation and unemployment in … developing economies. I present a dynamic general equilibrium model with informality in both labor and goods markets and where … hiring channel. On one hand, higher inflation reduces the surplus of monetary trades thus lowering firms entry and increasing …

based on their primary income sources into seven sectors characterised by varying degrees of formality/informality and …

number of studies argue that, at least for some workers, the informality status may be driven by choice rather than exclusion … different types of informal jobs. More importantly, the results suggest that across different definitions, informality does not …

Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labor markets, thus has been addressed in several …, heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labor market. However, the existing evidence on labor informality in Turkey is mixed and …. In this way, we aim to contribute to the limited body of stylized facts available on mobility and informality in the …

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 … characteristics to the likelihood of informality are investigated using multivariate probit analysis under the two definitions. The …

Informality is a salient feature of labor market in Egypt as it is the case with many developing countries. This is the …