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The economy-wide impact of better governance : cutting informal taxes in Indonesia
Ginting, Edimon (contributor); Powell, Alan A. (contributor) - 1999 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001433988
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Interrelationships of the hidden economy and some visible segments of the labour market
Lackó, Mária (contributor) - 2007
the hidden economy and the size of self-employment can be explained by similar explanatory variables, tax rates and … corruption being prominent among them. In part 4 we set up and quantify a model to analyze the interrelationships among the … statistical agencies. We show that the size of this part of the hidden economy is determined by the tax rate related to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003644143
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Informal sector heterogeneity and income inequality : evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Adoho, Franck M.; Doumbia, Djeneba - 2018
This paper uses 1-2-3 survey data on the Democratic Republic of Congo to analyze heterogeneity in the informal sector. It empirically identifies three types of entrepreneurs in the sector. The first group of entrepreneurs-top performers-is growth oriented and enjoys greater access to capital....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806854
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L’ économie politique de la filiere du charbon de bois à Kinshasa et à Lubumbashi : appui stratégique à la politique de reconstruction post-conflit en R. D. C.
Trefon, Theodore; Hendriks, Thomas; Kabuyaya, Noël; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968482
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Spatial inequality, poverty and informality in the democratic republic of the Congo
Amuli Ibale, Douglas; Docquier, Frédéric; Iftikhar, Zainab - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013183811
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Effect of informal employment on overeducation in developing countries with a focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Mosengo, Cédrick Kalemasi; Zamo Akono, Christian Marie - 2024
The aim of this study is to assess the effect of informal employment on the occurrence of overeducation in developing countries, focusing on the specific case of the DRC. Using employment data, we determine the incidence of overeducation and we isolate the role of informal employment as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477636
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La taxation aux marchés à l’est de la RDC : acteurs et enjeux
Kambale Mirembe, Omer - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775216
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The participation dividend of taxation: how citizens in Congo engage more with the state when it tries to tax them
Weigel, Jonathan - 2020
to tax them. I examine a field experiment randomizing property tax collection across 356 neighborhoods of a large … Congolese city. The tax campaign was the first time most citizens had been registered by the state or asked to pay formal taxes …. It raised property tax compliance from 0.1%in control to 11.5% in treatment. It also increased political participation by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261968
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On the Governance of Corrupt Exchange : How Citizens and Officials Build Social Ties to Reduce Corruption's Transaction Costs
Lameke, Aimable Amani; Nkuku, Albert Malukisa; Sanchez … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
cost of corruption, in the context of public transport. We first document that police stops can lead to long bribe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287387
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The Real State : Inside the Congo's Traffic Police Agency
Sanchez de la Sierra, Raul; Titeca, Kristof; Xie, Haoyang; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze the organization of corruption in a state agency. The dual mandate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo … profits and distortions beyond those that would be made possible via corruption by individual state officials …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334475