Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs
Author : Tony Avirgan
Publisher :
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,26 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
The Long Shadow of Informality
Author : Franziska Ohnsorge
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2022-02-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464817545
Book Description
A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies. This may hold back the recovery in these economies from the deep recessions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic--unless governments adopt a broad set of policies to address the challenges of widespread informality. This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the extent of informality and its implications for a durable economic recovery and for long-term development. It finds that pervasive informality is associated with significantly weaker economic outcomes--including lower government resources to combat recessions, lower per capita incomes, greater poverty, less financial development, and weaker investment and productivity.
Informal Employment in Emerging and Transition Economies
Author : Solomon W. Polachek
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 37,18 MB
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 178052787X
Book Description
Informality and informal employment are wide-spread and growing phenomena in all regions of the world, particularly in low and middle income economies. This volume sheds light on the incidence and persistence of informality and the role of institutions and government regulations, and offers insights into issues such as how labor and tax regulations
LABOR SUPPLY, INFORMAL ECONOMY AND RUSSIAN TRANSITION
Author : MAXIM BOUEV
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 2001
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Economic Transition and Labor Market Reform in China
Author : Xinxin Ma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 33,59 MB
Release : 2018-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811319871
Book Description
This book empirically investigates the changes in labor market structure accompanying the labor market reform in China by focusing on the labor market segmentation problems from the 1980s to 2013. The book also aims to examine the effect of labor policy reforms on individual, household and enterprise behavior, including the causes and consequences of labor market reform in China, particularly the influences of labor policy reforms on labor market performance. Offering valuable insights into the changing structure of the Chinese economy, this book will be of interest to scholars, activists, and economists.
The Shadow Economy
Author : Friedrich Schneider
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107034841
Book Description
This book presents new data to give an overview of shadow economies from OECD countries and propose solutions to prevent illicit work.
Informality Revisited
Author : William Francis Maloney
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 29,20 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
ISBN :
Book Description
The author develops a view of the informal sector in developing countries primarily as an unregulated micro-entrepreneurial sector and not as a disadvantaged residual of segmented labor markets. Drawing on recent work from Latin America, he offers alternative explanations for many of the characteristics of the informal sector customarily regarded as evidence of its inferiority.
Women and Men in the Informal Economy
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 23,36 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9789221281702
Book Description
This publication provides, for the first time, direct measures of informal employment inside and outside informal enterprises for 47 countries. It also presents statistics on the composition and contribution of the informal economy as well as on specific groups of urban informal workers.
The Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author : Leandro Medina
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 2017-07-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1484309030
Book Description
The multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) method is a well-established tool for measuring informal economic activity. However, it has been criticized because GDP is used both as a cause and indicator variable. To address this issue, this paper applies for the first time the light intensity approach (instead of GDP). It also uses the Predictive Mean Matching (PMM) method to estimate the size of the informal economy for Sub-Saharan African countries over 24 years. Results suggest that informal economy in Sub-Saharan Africa remains among the largest in the world, although this share has been very gradually declining. It also finds significant heterogeneity, with informality ranging from a low of 20 to 25 percent in Mauritius, South Africa and Namibia to a high of 50 to 65 percent in Benin, Tanzania and Nigeria.
Informality
Author : Guillermo Perry
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 38,5 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821370936
Book Description
Analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes and reasons for and implications of its growth. This book uses two distinct but complementary lenses. It concludes that reducing informality levels and overcoming the "culture of informality" will require actions to increase aggregate productivity in the economy.
