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links between inequality and informality because badly designed informality-reducing policies may increase inequality …Higher inequality reduces capital accumulation and increases the informal economy, which creates additional employment … opportunities for low-skilled and deprived people. Despite this positive feedback, informality raises problems for public finances …
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. Policymakers should consider the links between inequality and informality because badly designed informality-reducing policies may …Higher inequality reduces capital accumulation and increases the informal economy, which creates additional employment … distribution by providing sources of income for unemployed and marginalized workers. Despite this positive feedback, informality …
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a MIMIC Base Model using a data set composed by 41 countries in LAC, in which both inequality and total factor … with the literature. When compared with a model using data from 188 countries, inequality has an impact ten-fold higher in … the level of informality. Results suggest the importance of tailored data set selection when modelling IE with MIMIC. …
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opportunities to enter the formal sector. Reducing informality requires better enforcement, more reasonable regulation, and economic …
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Using information from all IMF conditionality programs from 1990 to 2018, we implement a dynamic Augmented Inverse Probability Weighting Regression Adjustment approach to examine the effects of programs, including public sector dismissals, on the size of the shadow economy. The estimated effect...
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opportunities to enter the formal sector meaning informal employment is the only feasible option. Reducing informality requires …
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Most micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) operate informally. While informal sectors are thought to contribute less to national economic development, MSMEs are a driving force behind national economic growth. Thus, formalizing informal MSMEs is critical to boosting national...
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