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Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality [PDF]

Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in developing countries. The first is that the informal (or unregulated) sector is more competitive than the formal (or regulated) sector. The
Basu, Arnab K., Chau, Nancy, Kanbur, Ravi   +2 more
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La Période spéciale en temps de paix: les différents visages de l’informalité cubaine

Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2013
This paper offers an analysis of the different forms of informality that were born or that reappeared with the Special period in times of peace. Indeed, this period consecutive to the collapse of the soviet partner, characterized by drastic economic ...
Janice Argaillot est docteur en études hispanophones (spécialité civilisation latino-américaine) et enseignante contractuelle de l’Université de Cergy-Pontoise (UFR Langues et Études Internationales).
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How different theories of development address the relationship between the urban informal economy and poverty in the labour market

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The literature on informality observes a relationship between the informal economy and poverty but there is little theoretical discussion on this relationship. Despite the negative depiction of the informal economy by the modernization theory, and rather
Daniel Kennedy Amoah
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Macroeconomic instability and fiscal performance in Zimbabwe: an empirical analysis

Cogent Economics & Finance
This study investigates how macroeconomic instability, informality and major crisis episodes shaped Zimbabwe’s fiscal performance from 1980 to 2024. Using an autoregressive distributed lag model, supported by FMOLS, DOLS and HAC-OLS robustness checks, it
Tafirenyika Sunde, Moses G. Chamisa
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Income sharing for common pool resources with uncertain productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We address the interconnected issues of externalities in the use of a natural common‐pool resource system and adverse effects of environmental uncertainty on risk‐averse resource users. We set up a simple analytical model and derive conditions such that insurance by means of an income sharing mechanism mitigates externalities and hence ...
Claudia Kelsall, Martin Quaas, Nicolas Quérou   +2 more
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Understanding Productivity Levels, Dispersion and Growth in the Leather Shoe Industry: Effects of Size and Informality [PDF]

In this case study performed on the industrial sub-sector of manufacture of leather shoes in Bolivia, we use the Hsieh and Klenow model (2008) to determine the differences between productivity of larger and formal companies and productivity of smaller ...
Juan Cristóbal Birbuet, Carlos Gustavo Machicado   +1 more
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Reverse auctions for drought‐responsive water buybacks: Evidence from co‐designed lab and field experiments

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Protecting endangered aquatic species while sustaining farming communities can require water buyback programs that are both cost‐effective and responsive to the variability and unpredictability of drought conditions. Working in close partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center, we co‐design parallel
Lusi Xie, Kent D. Messer, Leah H. Palm‐Forster, Mark Masters, Holly A. Michael, Kristin Rowles   +5 more
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Tax evasion, minimum wage non-compliance and informality

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We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal workforce ...
Basu, Arnab K.
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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Informal Firms in Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Stepping Stone or Consolation Prize? [PDF]

We analyse potential dynamic benefits for a firm from having the option of adopting informal status. Informality may be a stepping stone, without which formality might never be achieved. This result obtains for a broad range of realistic parameter values,
Bennett, John
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