Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on the informal sector workers in Bangladesh. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Swarna NR +9 more
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International factor mobility, informal interest rate and capital market imperfection: a general equilibrium analysis [PDF]
This paper makes a pioneering attempt to provide a theory of determination of interest rate in the informal credit market in a small open economy in terms of a three-sector general equilibrium model. There are two informal sectors which obtain production
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit +1 more
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The Role of Corporate Governance in Enhancing Environmental and Social Performance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how different corporate governance (CG) approaches influence firms' environmental and social performance, specifically focusing on the role of internal vs. external resources and operational vs. strategic approaches. Anchored in stakeholder and resource dependency theory, we develop a conceptual framework grounded in ...
Tommaso Fornasari +2 more
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Informal sector labour demand: Evidence from Zimbabwe’s urban informal metal sector
Botswana Journal of Economics, 2016 This paper investigates the major determinants of labour demand in Zimbabwe’s urban informal metal sector. Furthermore, the study looks at employment trends in the urban informal metal sector. The paper employs the ordinary least squares (OLS) technique and three stage least squares (3SLS) to take care of the endogeneity problem.
Zhou, Honest, Pindiriri, Carren
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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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Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique [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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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on comparative institutional theory, we study the nature and magnitude of the effects of national environmental policies on corporate green innovation in developed versus emerging markets. Using a sample of 1831 listed firms in 34 countries from 2002 to 2020, we find that national environmental policies increase corporate green ...
Ivan Miroshnychenko +2 more
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Impact of filtering face pieces (FFP3) respiratory protective mask usage on the respiratory functions of informal sector carpenters in Douala: a five-month before-after study. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med J, 2023 Bouland C, Ngoa JJE, Nebo J, Djiele JFN.
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The Costs and Benefits of Informality [PDF]
We explore the costs and benefits of informality associated with the informal sector lying outside the tax regime in a two-sector New Keynesian model.
Emanuela Lotti +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper contributes to venture‐creation research by examining how sustainable startups can overcome market constraints to drive transformative change through their business development. Conceptually, we address this question by identifying venture‐creation narratives in the learning and experimental phases of sustainable startups that ...
Ville‐Veikko Piispanen +2 more
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