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size of the informal economy. There is also evidence that a larger tax wedge increases informality. The tax wedge … with the literature, which identifies labor market regulation and the tax wedge as important drivers of informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271993
size of the informal economy. There is also evidence that a larger tax wedge increases informality. The tax wedge … with the literature, which identifies labor market regulation and the tax wedge as important drivers of informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291406
The informality discourse is large and vibrant, and is expanding rapidly. But there is a certain conceptual incoherence … to the literature. New definitions of informality compete with old definitions leading to a plethora of alternative … article proposes that informality and formality should be seen in direct relation to economic activity in the presence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999169
Informality often arises from disincentives associated with high taxes and a restrictive regulatory framework in both … reducing labour informality. To the extent that informal businesses also hire informally, there is some room for designing … policies to tackle business informality in conjunction with those aimed at boosting formal labour contracting. Chile is …
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size of the informal economy. There is also evidence that a larger tax wedge increases informality. The tax wedge … with the literature, which identifies labor market regulation and the tax wedge as important drivers of informality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734091
This paper provides historical and empirical arguments that can explain the development of the Egyptian informal sector. After recalling the various approaches proposed in the literatures, it identifies the configuration that overrides the Egyptian labor market by allowing for the heterogeneity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640971
This paper investigates the structure of the labor market in Nicaragua and is aimed at understanding the determinants of the choice between a number of segments, namely inactivity, unemployment, agriculture, formal and informal sector. In addition, a model with a separate participation equation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999563
questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2 …) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability, language ability) and social ability affect earnings of … entrepreneurs and employees differently?, and (3) Does the balance in these measured ability levels affect an individual's earnings …
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workers would prefer to have a formal job. While this result provides evidence of the presence of some segmentation in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445081
workers would prefer to have a formal job. While this result provides evidence of the presence of some segmentation in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399078