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The Impact of Inequality on the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean with a MIMIC Model
Takanohashi, Marcos; Ribeiro, Marcel; Schneider, Friedrich - 2023
Vast literature is available covering main Informal Economy (IE) causes and consequences for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), but its size estimation has been mainly limited to worldwide models applied to the region. This paper proposes a MIMIC Base Model using a data set composed by 41...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377436
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The impact of inequality on the informal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean with a MIMIC model
Takanohashi, Marcos; Ribeiro, Marcel; Schneider, Friedrich - 2023
Vast literature is available covering main Informal Economy (IE) causes and consequences for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), but its size estimation has been mainly limited to worldwide models applied to the region. This paper proposes a MIMIC Base Model using a data set composed by 41...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014285538
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Formal and informal labour markets: Challenges and policy in the Central and Eastern European new EU members and candidate countries
Schneider, Friedrich; Burger, Christina - 2004
The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation of the labour market is described, focusing on the recent developments since the breaking up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294504
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Formal and informal labour markets: Challenges and policy in the Central and Eastern European new EU members and candidate countries
Schneider, Friedrich; Burger, Christina - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2004
The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation of the labour market is described, focusing on the recent developments since the breaking up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005800634
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Formal and informal labor markets : challenges and policy in the Central and Eastern European new EU members and candidate countries /
Schneider, Friedrich; Burger, Christina - 2004
The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation of the labour market is described, focusing on the recent developments since the breaking up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009748285
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Nature of the Relationship between Minimum Wage and the Shadow Economy Size: An Empirical Analysis for the Case of Romania
Davidescu, Adriana Anamaria; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017
The recent increase in the minimum wage in Romania in early May 2016 represented a popular topic at the national level, which indicated that aggressive increases in the minimum wage could create a competitiveness problem in the context of a relatively high level of informal economic activities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816519
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Nature of the relationship between minimum wage and the shadow economy size : an empirical analysis for the case of Romania
Davidescu, Adriana Ana Maria; Schneider, Friedrich - 2017
The recent increase in the minimum wage in Romania in early May 2016 represented a popular topic at the national level, which indicated that aggressive increases in the minimum wage could create a competitiveness problem in the context of a relatively high level of informal economic activities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785659
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Nature of the Relationship between Minimum Wage and the Shadow Economy Size : An Empirical Analysis for the Case of Romania
Alexandru, Adriana AnaMaria - 2018
The recent increase in the minimum wage in Romania in early May 2016 represented a popular topic at the national level, which indicated that aggressive increases in the minimum wage could create a competitiveness problem in the context of a relatively high level of informal economic activities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930951
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Equitable and Sustainable Development of Foreign Land Acquisitions: Lessons, Policies and Implications
Asongu, Simplice; Nguena, Christian - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions have been covered substantially in recent literature. Despite the wealth of theoretical and empirical studies on this subject, there is no study that has reviewed existing literature in light of concerns over sustainable and equitable management. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212734
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Drivers of FDI in Fast Growing Developing Countries: Evidence from Bundling and Unbundling Governance
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015
governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non-contemporary estimation techniques. The following findings are …, they are not for net FDI. Second, for contemporary specifications, the significance of the governance dynamics is as … follows in increasing order of magnitude: general governance, political governance, economic governance, political stability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166590