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. …

Despite rapid economic growth in recent decades, informality remains a persistent phenomenon in the labour markets of … many low- and middle-income countries. A key issue in this regard concerns the extent to which informality itself is a … heterogeneity in the transition patterns observed for workers in upper-tier versus lower-tier informality. Given the limited …

implications, the concept of informality must be deconstructed. We reclassify employment status into three categories: salaried … the detrimental impacts of informality on casual workers. Experimental interventions could be tried along the lines of …

been accompanied by a decline in the female labour force participation rate, which emerged as a major puzzle. Informality …

rollout of SP across municipalities in a differences-indifferences approach, and find an increase in informality of 4% among …

rollout of SP across municipalities in a differences-indifferences approach, and find an increase in informality of 4% among …

Informality is ubiquitous in the labor markets of developing countries, and requiring that firms formally register, pay … taxes, and provide employee benefits stipulated in labor regulations to reduce such informality is challenging. However, a …

disemployment effects. Regions with weaker enforcement had no employment losses but substantial increases in informality. All … effects are concentrated on unskilled workers, with no effects on skilled workers. The results indicate that informality acts …