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Labor surplus revisited
Ranis, Gustav - 2012
Unskilled labor is the abundant resource in many developing countries, especially at an early stage of their development. Yet, even as at given technologies labor markets have not cleared, neo-classical economists have rejected the notion of an institutional or bargaining wage not based on...
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Court-ship, kinship and business : a study on the interaction between the formal and the informal institutions and its effect on entrepreneurship
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban; Saha, Sarani - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 7, pp. 1-21
In this paper we theoretically and empirically examine how the interaction between the formal court system and the informal loan network affects a household's decision to start a business. We find that when the formal court system is weak, expansion of informal credit network leads to the...
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Do financially constrained firms suffer from more intense competition by the informal sector? : firm-level evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys
Friesen, Julia; Wacker, Konstantin - 2013
This paper investigates which firms suffer from informal competition and highlights the role of access to finance in this context. We use cross-sectional data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys covering 42,000 firms in 114 developing and transition countries for the period 2006 to 2011 and...
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An exploratory analysis of the effects of the formalisation policy for individual micro-entrepreneurs
Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; … - 2014
This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the potential impacts of the Lei do Empreendedor Individual (Individual Entrepreneur Law). We intend to present evidence that helps clarify, albeit only partially, whether the policy was successful in promoting: i) micro-entrepreneurship in Brazil;...
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Court-ship, kinship and business : a study on the interaction between the formal and the informal institutions and its effect on entrepreneurship
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban; Saha, Sarani - 2015
In this paper we theoretically and empirically examine how the interaction between the formal court system and the informal loan network affects a household's decision to start a business. We find that when the formal court system is weak, expansion of informal credit network leads to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488828
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Pathways to formalization : going beyond the formality dichotomy
Díaz, Juan José; Chacaltana, Juan; Rigolini, Jamele; … - 2018
Too often, academics and policy makers interpret formality as a binary choice and formalization as an irreversible … process. Yet, formalization has many facets and shades on the business and labor fronts, and firms may not be able or willing … to formalize all at once. This paper explores the joint process of business and labor formalization, using a unique panel …
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Formalization of informal workers and enterprises in value creation : a case study
Pratap, Surendra; Bose, Annavajhula J. C. - In: Business analyst : a refereed journal of Shri Ram … 36 (2015/2016) 2, pp. 115-133
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Transitioning entrepreneurs from informal to formal markets
Sutter, Christopher; Webb, Justin; Kistruck, Geoff; … - In: Journal of business venturing 32 (2017) 4, pp. 420-442
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Evaluating the nature of the relationship between informal entrepreneurship and the formal economy in rural communities
Williams, Colin C.; Nadin, Sara - In: The international journal of entrepreneurship and innovation 12 (2011) 2, pp. 95-103
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Tax Morale and Compliance Behavior: First Evidence on a Causal Link
Halla, Martin - 2010
Recent literature on tax evasion emphasizes the importance of moral considerations to explain compliance behavior. As a consequence scholars aim to identify factors that shape this so-called tax morale. However, the causal link between tax morale and actual compliance behavior is not established...
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