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Informality, public employment and employment protection in developing countries
Yassin, Shaimaa; Langot, François - 2017
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching model for developing countries' labor markets where the interaction between public, formal private and informal private sectors are taken into account. Theoretical analysis shows that gains from reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can...
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Money, inflation, and unemployment in the presence of informality
Lahcen, Mohammed Aït - 2017
This paper studies the impact of informality on the long-run relationship between inflation and unemployment in … money and credit coexist. An increase in inflation affects unemployment through two channels: the matching channel and the … unemployment. On the other hand, the lower impact of inflation on formal transactions where credit is partially available shifts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790433
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Informality, public employment and employment protection in developing countries
Langot, François; Yassin, Shaimaa - 2016
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching labor market model for developing countries where the interaction between public, formal and informal sectors is considered. Theoretical analysis shows that labor markets' liberalization reforms can be evicted by shifts in public employment. Since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622730
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The nexus between unemployment rate and shadow economy : a comparative analysis of developed and developing countries using a simultaneous-equation model
Sahnoun, Marwa; Abdennadher, Chokri - 2019
This paper studies the effects and causal links between the shadow economy and the unemployment rate using a dynamic … suggests that there is a unidirectional and negative causality running from the unemployment rate to the shadow economy in the … shadow economy and unemployment rate. The sensitivity of the results makes the authors realize that institutional quality …
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Exploring legal and political-institutional determinants of the informal economy of Pakistan
Hayat, Rizwana; Rashid, Abdul - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-18
In this paper, the size of the informal economy of Pakistan is determined by including the legal and political-institutional variables as determinants. By using the MIMIC model average estimate for the informal economy of Pakistan is 37.75 percent from 1995 to 2017. The study tries to explore...
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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...
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Economic growth and poverty : does formalisation of informal enterprises matter?
Ishengoma, Esther; Kappel, Robert - 2006
The informal sector (IS) plays a significant role in developing countries viz. the provision of employment, income and supplying ignored markets. However, working and employment conditions within the sector are still poor. Its expansion and changing structures have thus drawn the attention of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905233
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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 assess the quantitative effect of incomplete tax enforcement on aggregate output and productivity using a dynamic general equilibrium framework. I calibrate the model using data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228311
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The shadow economy and shadow labor force : a survey of recent developments
Schneider, Friedrich - 2014
This survey presents the various methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy, their strengths and weaknesses and the estimation results. The purpose of the survey is threefold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy exists....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379298
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Estimating the size of the shadow economy : methods, problems and open questions
Schneider, Friedrich; Bühn, Andreas - 2013
This paper presents the various methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy, their strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of the paper is twofold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy exists. Because of its flexibility,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194831