closely reproduces the decline in informality observed between 2003 and 2012. The change in the composition of the labor force … the effectiveness of a progressive payroll tax in reducing informality. …

of informality, leading us to take into consideration for the perfect understanding of the reality of the world of labor …

Evasion of labor market regulations in middle income countries is systemic. This is generally known as informality. In … social security contributions. In this study we analyze the role of enforcement in curbing informality in large formal firms … in Peru, where informality levels are around 70%. Through the Peruvian National Labor Control Superintendence (SUNAFIL …

Despite rapid economic growth in recent decades, informality remains a persistent phenomenon in the labor markets of … many low- and middle-income countries. A key issue in this regard concerns the extent to which informality itself is a … heterogeneity in the transition patterns observed for workers in upper-tier versus lower-tier informality. Given the limited …

-exogenous changes in industry-level real exchange rates to explore the likelihood of informality across employers exposed to varying …

informality-and workers' transitions to decent work using multinomial logistic regressions and recent Labour Market Panel Surveys …

simulations to understand how trade affects economic outcomes in the presence of informality. We show that: (1) Trade openness … unambiguously decreases informality in the tradable sector, but has ambiguous effects on aggregate informality. (2) The productivity … when informality is repressed. (4) Repressing informality increases productivity, but at the expense of employment and …

simulations to understand how trade affects economic outcomes in the presence of informality. We show the following: 1) Trade … openness unambiguously decreases informality in the tradable sector but has ambiguous effects on aggregate informality. 2) The … even when informality is repressed. 4) Repressing informality increases productivity but at the expense of employment and …

study three sets of outcomes: manufacturing employment, labor informality, and average wage. We find that rising Chinese … import competition, informality has decreased in the former sector and increased in the latter. This change in labor … informality is mainly observed among unskilled workers. The informality of workers with high-school diplomas is not affected by …