find little evidence for most of the channels through which formalization is hypothesized to benefit firms, although …The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which … provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement …

process. Yet, formalization has many facets and shades on the business and labor fronts, and firms may not be able or willing …Too often, academics and policy makers interpret formality as a binary choice and formalization as an irreversible … to formalize all at once. This paper explores the joint process of business and labor formalization, using a unique panel …

find little evidence for most of the channels through which formalization is hypothesized to benefit firms, although …The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which … provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement …

test which government actions work in getting informal firms to register. Firms were randomized to a control group or one …, and a significant but small increase in formalization from inspections. Our LATE estimates of the impact of actually … results show most informal firms won't formalize unless forced to do so, suggesting formality offers little private benefit to …

find little evidence for most of the channels through which formalization is hypothesized to benefit firms, although …The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which … provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement …

test which government actions work in getting informal firms to register. Firms were randomized to a control group or one …, and a significant but small increase in formalization from inspections. Our LATE estimates of the impact of actually … results show most informal firms won't formalize unless forced to do so, suggesting formality offers little private benefit to …

presently strewn with the immense possibilities of manufacturing and service activities. Mahatma Gandhi had envisioned this long …

We investigate the role of financial constraints on firms' exporting behavior, including firms' export decision, export … intensity, firms starting to export decision, and exports persistence. Our financial constraints variable is a synthetic … ability, and (new in this type of analyses) the cost of external financing. Using data on Spanish manufacturing for the period …

There exists a growing body of literature which looks at export decisions made by firms. Most studies focus on …

. It is based on the sample data (for 8 years ending 2013) collected for 399 enterprises drawn from manufacturing and …