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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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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke +3 more
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Labor regulations and the informal economy [PDF]
The informal economy, which evades labor regulations, provides employment for much of the labor force in developing countries. The author explores how labor regulations and imperfections in informal capital markets affect income inequality and the speed ...
Loayza, Norman V.
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Frontiers in Environmental ScienceEnvironmental 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 +8 more
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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
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
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Informality and migrant entrepreneurs in Cape Town’s inner city
Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2018 Informality is a defining characteristic of cities in the global South and most especially across the region of sub-Saharan Africa. Policy responses by governments towards the informal economy impact the livelihoods of informal entrepreneurs.
Rogerson Christian M.
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The presence of antibiotics in water not only causes environmental pollution but also increases the growth of antibiotic‐resistant bacterial genes, which pose serious threats to human beings and other water residents. Large numbers of people are reportedly affected by the resistant bacterial genes, as many broad‐spectrum antibiotics are not ...
Amir Zada, Shohreh Azizi
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Informal economy and the state
, 2016 Since the late 1980s, the concept of the informal economy has increasingly occupied the attention not only of social scientists, but also of politicians, policymakers and, not the least, journalists.
Slavnic, Zoran,
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The Role of the Informal Economy in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe [PDF]
Amfiteatru EconomicThis study investigated the relationship between the informal economy and sustainable development, focussing on how the shadow economy influenced the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) formulated in the 2030 Agenda in Europe ...
Roberto Dell’Anno +2 more
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