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Informal Economy, Governance, and Corruption [PDF]

The nature of activity of the informal sector may vary across the developed and developing countries, yet it is evident that the sector contributes to economic growth anywhere in the world, regardless of a country's economic system.
Chowdhury, Hedayet Ullah
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou, Joshua Berning, Alessandro Bonanno, Jude Bayham   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal Economy Activities and Entrepreneurship in Russia [PDF]

This paper uses the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) from 1998 to 2004 to analyze the effect of previous informal economy activities on the creation of official entrepreneurship. We find that previous participation in the informal economy is
Kim, Byung-Yeon
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Choice experiments on land managers' participation in environmental programs: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of estimate validity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva, Angel Perni, Jesus Barreiro‐Hurle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

TRENDS OF EMPLOYMENT IN INFORMAL SECTOR IN ROMANIA DURING CRISIS;ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2011
The present paper emphasizes the size and trend of employment in the informal sector as affected during the recent years by the crisis and by showing the relation with informal economy. The paper is structured on three parts.
Pisica Silvia, Vasile Valentina
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The Dynamics of the Informal Economy. [PDF]

, 2010
This paper analyses the factors that give rise to the existence of the informal economy and how it evolves over time. Using an occupational-choice model the paper shows that at early stages of development, informal and formal markets coexist, but in the long-run the size of the informal economy can decline depending on the initial distribution of ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal economy and environmental degradation in developing countries: the conditioning role of institutional quality

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Environmental degradation, particularly through rising carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is a pressing challenge for developing countries where large informal economies often escape regulatory oversight. This study investigates the
Chengyu Si, Fatma Ahmed Hassan, Valentin Marian Antohi, Waqar Ahmad, Costinela Fortea, Costinela Fortea, Nicoleta Cristache, Fuhaid Alshammari, Monica Laura Zlati   +8 more
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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMAL ECONOMY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION [PDF]

Financial Studies, 2016
Informal economy is a ubiquitous element in both developed and emerging states. Given the complex nature of the concept and the multitude of forms in which it can be found, modeling informal economy became an important focus in the specific ...
Teodora MIHĂILĂ
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INFORMAL ECONOMY AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE STATE FAILURE

Ekonomia i Prawo, 2010
The article deals with the phenomenon of second economy, underground or subterranean economy, unofficial economy, unrecorded economy, informal economy, cash economy etc., which has been assessed here as a function of a given mix of economic policies ...
Agata Kubiczek
doaj   +1 more source