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The Unofficial Economy in Africa
, 2011 We examine the productivity of informal firms (those that are not registered with the government) in 24 African countries using field work and World Bank firm level data. We find that productivity jumps sharply if we compare small formal firms to informal firms, and rises rapidly with the size of formal firms.
Rafael La Porta, Andrei Shleifer
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Internet Policy Review, 2016 This paper discusses self-labelling standards as sharing mediators in pirated versions of movies available online. Piracy has existed since the beginning of the film industry, challenging established rules and regulations.
Roberto Tietzmann, Liana Gross Furini
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S&T PLANNING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: POSIBLITIES AND RESTRICTIONS [PDF]
دراسات أقليمية, 2008 The developed and underdevelopment economies being advanced scientifically and technologically by virtue of pointed plan and scientifically headquartered and officially within strategy of every country.
Nawfal Kasim Ali Al-Shahwan
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While extensive research exists on science teacher shortages, less attention has been directed toward countries facing the opposite challenge: an oversupply of science teachers. This study examines the experiences of prospective science teachers in South Korea, where passing a high‐stakes, annual competitive examination is a prerequisite for ...
Wonyong Park, Heesoo Ha
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The Unofficial Economy in Russia [PDF]
, 2013 This paper provides the various estimates of Russia’s unofficial economy during the transition period and discusses the estimation methods of the unofficial economy. It suggests that Russia’s unofficial economy, which substantially increased during the early 1990s and stands still high compared to other countries, is caused by the institutional and ...
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Active Ageing and Shadow Economy in Romania. An Empirical Causality Analysis
Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 2015 The paper aims to analyze the unidirectional relationship from active ageing phenomena to the size of the Romanian shadow economy in order to see if the unofficial sector represents a social buffer for older workers who have lower labor market ...
Adriana AnaMaria DAVIDESCU
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving sustainable development requires balancing economic growth with environmental conservation, but the relationship between informal economic activities and emerging financial technologies in boosting green growth (GG) is not well understood.
Muhammad Salah Uddin +4 more
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Using Virtual Exchange for Teaching BELF Pragmatics: Developing an Online Negotiation Activity
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Teaching Business English (BE) is experiencing a paradigm shift to reflect the communicative needs of the global workplace. With the majority of interactions in English now taking place among multilingual speakers, there are increasing calls to integrate perspectives of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) into English language and ...
Miya Komori‐Glatz +1 more
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Volume of the unofficial economy in the Western Balkan region [PDF]
Economic research - Ekonomska istraživanja, 2020 Western Balkan (WB) economies are lagging behind more advanced post-transitional countries in terms of economic development and the quality of the institutional framework and public services. As a response to the rigidity in the business environment and high taxation, private entrepreneurs shift part of their activities into the unofficial sector.
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Uma medida do tamanho da economia informal no Brasil
Economia Aplicada, 1999 The work measures the share of the unofficial economy in Brazil, comparing sectorial datas of national accounts and those declared to income tax in 1996. It finds that 40% of total revenue of business sector escapes taxation.
Maria Helena Zockun
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