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The informal sector in contemporary models of the aggregate economy
Leal, Julio - 2014
affected by the presence of informality and how such distortions have an impact on aggregate variables. The authors in this … informality that is increasing with firm size: reducing informality entails a tradeoff because there are some distortions … show that, in general, reducing informality brings gains. In conclusion, substantial progress has been made in …
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Cross-subsidies, and the elasticity of informality to social expenditures
Alonso-Ortiz, Jorge; Leal, Julio - 2014
frictions model with informality, (ex post) heterogeneous workers, and conditional taxes and transfers. In the model, formal … informality is quite inelastic due to frictions, and due to the opposing forces of taxes and transfers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445096
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Observando la evolución del sector informal desde el espacio: Un enfoque municipal 2013-2020
Rangel González, Erick; Llamosas-Rosas, Irving - 2021
This document presents an alternative to measure informal economic activity at the municipal level for the 2013-2020 period in Mexico. Using satellite images of nightlight and microdata from the 2019 Economic Census, the formal and informal Value Added at the municipal level is estimated using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013162024
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The NAIRU and informality in the Mexican labor market
Aguilar-Argaez, Ana María; Alcaraz, Carlo; Ramírez, … - 2020
includes informality as an indicator of labor underutilization. We find that both measures of NAIRU and the associated labor … informality seems to predict inflationary pressures more accurately when the unemployment gap is close to zero. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616402
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The ups and downs of the gig economy, 2015-2017
Bracha, Anat; Burke, Mary A. - 2018
A variety of researchers and public entities have estimated the prevalence of nontraditional work arrangements - using diverse definitions - in recent decades, and the topic has received increasing attention in the past five years. Despite numerous media reports that the prevalence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059603
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Automation technologies and employment at risk: The case of Mexico
Cebreros, Alfonso; Heffner-Rodríguez, Aldo; Livas, René; … - 2020
Based on the methodology proposed by Frey and Osborne (2017), we use their estimates for the probability of automation of occupations together with household survey data on the occupational distribution of employment to provide a risk assessment for the threat that automation may pose to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616397
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Increasing the cost of informal workers: Evidence from Mexico
Samaniego de la Parra, Brenda; Fernández Bujanda, León - 2020
This paper estimates the effects of increasing the cost of informal jobs on formal firms' and workers' outcomes. We create novel datasets combining administrative records and household surveys data, and exploit exogenous variation in this cost generated by over 480,000 random work-site...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616412
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Informal work and official employment statistics: What's missing?
Bracha, Anat; Burke, Mary A. - 2023
Using eight consecutive waves of the Survey of Informal Work Participation (SIWP) spanning 2015 through 2022, we investigate informal "gig" work participation in the United States-broadly defined to include online and offline activities-and its implications for the measurement of employment. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480611
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Tax collection, the informal sector, and productivity
Leal-Ordoñez, Julio C. - 2013
Some authors argue that informality is associated with distorted firm decisions and inefficiency. In this paper, I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392372
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Who counts as employed? Informal work, employment status, and labor market slack
Bracha, Anat; Burke, Mary A. - 2016
Several recent studies find that as of 2015, a significant share of working-age adults in the United States participates in nonstandard work arrangements. Such arrangements tend to lack long-term employment contracts and are often referred to as "gig economy" jobs. This paper investigates the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011754826