Johnson, Kaufmann, and Shleifer (1997) find that the share of the unofficial economy in GDP is determined by the extent of control rights held by politicians and bureaucrats in post-communist economies. Exploring in more detail the role of bribes and using a broader data set from the OECD, Latin...

Este informe explora los resultados de la última ronda de PISA para países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), mostrando los resultados para la región, las diferencias dentro de la región y entre la región y el resto del mundo. Para esta ronda de PISA, 14 países de ALC participaron en la...

In this sample of 49 Latin American, OECD, and transition economies, it is the ineffective and discretionary administration of tax and regulatory regimes--not higher tax rates alone--as well as corruption, that increases the size of the unofficial economy. And countries with a larger unofficial...