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The Function of the Urban Informal Sector in Employment: Evidence from Colombia 1984-2000
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002The aim of this paper is to analyze the function of the informal sector in employment, its relationship to urban employment, with illustrative evidence from Colombia. The analysis is done for the period 1984 - 2000, which includes phases of boom and economic crisis as well as the implementation of neo-liberal reforms to national development.
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Labor Regulation, Employment and Informality: Evidence from the Retail Sector in India
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27% of the stores find labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data we analyze the effect of labor regulations on employment at the store level.
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The informal sector in developing countries: Output, assets and employment
2006This study documents four key facts about informal economic activities: (1) the size of the informal sector varies greatly across nations; (2) this size is strongly correlated with economic development, the tax burden, and the rule of law; (3) the informal sector emphasizes small-scale, self-financed and unskilled labour intensive economic activities ...
Pratap, Sangeeta, Quintin, Erwan
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Peculiarities of informal employment sector's development in the context of modern realities
Regional Economics: Theory and PracticeSubject. This article explores the labor market in Russia and institutional mechanisms that contribute to the reduction of the shadow economy. Objectives. The article aims to identify factors affecting the scale and structure of informal employment at both the national and regional levels, and assess the role of sanctions in strengthening the shadow ...
Viktor V. SAVALEI, Matvei K. PROKOPAS
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DYNAMICS OF INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY: REGIONAL AND SECTORAL ASPECTS
Прогрессивная экономикаВ научной статье представлены результаты исследовательского анализа характеристики динамики структуры неформальной занятости в экономике России по отраслям и регионам в зависимости от разных подходов к определению неформальной занятости. Актуальность научного исследования на выбранную проблематику обусловлена тем, что неформальная занятость играет ...
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