Structural Analysis of the Formal and Informal Jobs in the Brazilian Economy [PDF]
The reorganization of the Brazilian economy, in the globalization process, has brought out changes in its productive structure, and, consequently, changes in the job market.
Fernanda Sartori Camargo +1 more
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Foreign Capital Inflow, Skilled-Unskilled Wage Gap, and Welfare in the Presence of the Informal Sector [PDF]
This paper attempts to analyse the impact of trade liberalisation on the skilled- unskilled wage gap and the level of welfare of developing countries, which are generally characterised by large “informal” labour markets.
Kausik Gupta, Tania Basu
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Compliance With Protective Behavioral Recommendations in the Outbreak of COVID-19 Among People Working in the Urban-Based Informal Economy in Southern Ethiopia. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2021 Zewude B +4 more
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Recession in the Skilled Sector and Implications for Informal Wage [PDF]
Global recession is likely to hit the skilled sector or the so-called white goods, white collared sector in a typical developing economy. In this paper we try to analyze the impact of such an event on informal wage as the vast majority of the workforce ...
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit +2 more
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Health Services Use and Health Outcomes among Informal Economy Workers Compared with Formal Economy Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Naicker N +4 more
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On Selective Indirect Tax Reform in Developing Countries [PDF]
The current consensus on indirect tax reform in developing countries favors a reduction in trade taxes with an increase in VAT to raise revenue. The theoretical results on selective reform that underlie this consensus are, however, derived from partial ...
Joseph E. Stiglitz, M. Shahe Emran
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Official Regulations and the Shadow Economy: A Labour Market Approach [PDF]
, 2002 This work revisits the role of regulations in emergence o f the shadow economy. In particular, it supplements the previous theoretical research that mainly ignored the fact that the decision to “go underground” is essentially a result of both employers ...
Bouev, Maxim
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The Unofficial Economy and Economic Development [PDF]
macroeconomics, economy, economic development, formal firms, informal firms ...
Andrei Shleifer, Rafael La Porta
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Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Migration Policy Series No. 68) [PDF]
, 2015 While increasing attention is being paid to the drivers and forms of entrepreneurship in informal economies, much less of this policy and research focus is directed at understanding the links between mobility and informality.
Chikanda, Abel +2 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on Informal Economy: The Revival. [PDF]
Indian J Labour Econ, 2020 Unni J.
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