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Economic Growth and Poverty: Does Formalisation of Informal Enterprises Matter? [PDF]
The informal sector (IS) in developing countries plays significant roles viz., the provision of employment, incomes and supplying ignored markets. However, the working and employment conditions in the sector are still poor.
Kappel, Robert, Ishengoma, Esther K.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) increasingly seek information and support through online discussions, yet little is known about how architectural features of digital platforms shape the interactions and support that parents encounter. The paper makes two contributions: First, it develops and applies a
Alan Shaw, Patricia A. Shaw
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Segmentation and mobility of women in Argentine labor markets
Económica, 2013 This paper examines women‟s labor mobility in Argentina in 1995-2003 across 4 sectors: formal, informal, unemployment, and inactivity. We incorporate alternative measures of labor mobility, and estimate a multinomial logit model of sector choice.
María del Pilar Casal +1 more
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The informal sector in Morocco
Abstract This chapter examines the evolution of informality in Morocco between 2000 and 2024, revealing its persistence resulting from incomplete structural transformation and a rational adaptation to prevailing institutional incentives.
Hamza Saoudi, Adnane Lahzaoui
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The Urban Informal Sector and Poverty: Effects of Trade Reform and Capital Mobility in India [PDF]
Studies on formal-informal interactions in the labor markets of developing countries claim that economic reform increases the level of informal activity. Although the extent of such claims differs across countries, it is generally believed that reform is
Suguta Marjit, Saibal Kar
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From individual to collective: Post‐return agency among internationally educated Mongolian graduates
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates how internationally educated Mongolian graduates pursue professional projects after returning to Mongolian higher education and how some of these projects develop from individual academic agency into collective action. It draws on semi‐structured interviews with 30 graduates trained in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan,
Ariunaa Enkhtur
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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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The Influence of ESG Controversies on Financing Costs for European Companies: Does Culture Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies and corporate financing costs, focusing on the moderating effect of national culture. It analyzes European companies listed on the STOXX 600 Index from 2016 to 2023.
Souad Brinette +2 more
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La informalidad en la economía, algo incuestionable
Semestre Económico, 2007 Partiendo de la dificultad que se tiene hoy en términos de la teoría económica, para apropiarse acerca de una conceptualización clara de lo que se entiende por economía informal, surge el contraste de una realidad incuestionable que muestra un ...
Luis Guillermo Gómez Naranjo
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INFORMAL WAGE AND FORMAL SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY : THEORY AND EVIDENCES FROM INDIA [PDF]
We express a doubt on the conventional wisdom namely, of a positive relationship between wage and productivity, of a formal sector firm in a developing economy where the firm can either go for subcontracting to the informal sector to minimize wage cost ...
Dibyendu Maiti, Sugata Marjit
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