Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in …

regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage … micro data and evaluate the labor market and welfare effects of policies towards informality …

We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of … informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal … expansion of informality: tax revenue maximization, and poverty alleviation among workers …

regulation. On the other hand informality may reduce the amount of social protection offered to workers. We extend the wage … micro data and evaluate the labor market and welfare effects of policies towards informality …

and not to the traditional idea of informality constituting the inferior sector of a segmented market. That said, the … counter cyclical job finding in the formal sector combined with the acyclical job finding in informality does lead to the …

Informality is a salient feature of labor market in Egypt as it is the case with many developing countries. This is the …

Informality is a defining characteristic of labor markets in developing and transition countries. This paper analyzes …

US and not to the traditional idea of informality constituting the inferior sector of a segmented market. That said, the … counter cyclical job finding in the formal sector combined with the acyclical job finding in informality does lead to the …