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  1. Machine ethics and African identities: Perspectives of artificial intelligence in Africa
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Mannheim ; Dirk Kohnert, GIGA-Institute for African Affairs, Hamburg

    Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been embraced enthusiastically by Africans as a new resource for African development. AI could improve well-being by enabling innovation in business, education, health, ecology, urban planning, industry,... more

     

    Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been embraced enthusiastically by Africans as a new resource for African development. AI could improve well-being by enabling innovation in business, education, health, ecology, urban planning, industry, etc. However, the high expectations could be little more than pious wishes. There are still too many open questions regarding the transfer required, and the selection of appropriate technology and its mastery. Given that the 'technology transfer' concept of modernization theories of the 1960s utterly failed because it had not been adapted to local needs, some scholars have called for an endogenous concept of African AI. However, this caused a lot of controversies. Africa became a battlefield of 'digital empires' of global powers due to its virtually non-existent digital infrastructure. Still, African solutions to African problems would be needed. Additionally, the dominant narratives and default settings of AI-related technologies have been denounce

     

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  2. The impact of the energy-induced EU recession on Sub-Saharan Africa
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Mannheim

    Abstract: The EU is one of the three largest economies in the world. But its economy, which is still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative effects of the Russian war in Ukraine, faces a bleak outlook. Inflation, or even stagflation,... more

     

    Abstract: The EU is one of the three largest economies in the world. But its economy, which is still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative effects of the Russian war in Ukraine, faces a bleak outlook. Inflation, or even stagflation, is a major concern as it reflects cost pressures from disrupted supply chains and tight labor markets. The war in Ukraine could also lead to a sustained stop in European gas supplies from Russia. Fitch Ratings therefore forecast the likelihood of a technical recession in the euro zone due to ongoing gas rationing. Apparently the EU is at the mercy of two unpredictable powers, Putin and the weather. China is also affected by global imbalances, and when China coughs, Europe catches the flu. However, the risks are greatest in sub-Saharan Africa. Its global growth spillovers come mainly from the EU and the BRICS countries. In addition to its strong demographic growth, the continent is already suffering from climate change, including prolonged droughts

     

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  3. Policies to address the challenges of existing and new forms of informality in Latin America
    Author: Abramo, Lais
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  United Nations, ECLAC, Santiago

    The phenomenon of informality in Latin America is strongly conditioned by the main structural axes of the social inequality matrix. It is a heterogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon in which socioeconomic, territorial, gender, age and ethnic/racial... more

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    The phenomenon of informality in Latin America is strongly conditioned by the main structural axes of the social inequality matrix. It is a heterogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon in which socioeconomic, territorial, gender, age and ethnic/racial inequalities are manifested. Deeper analysis of the characteristics and nature of this phenomenon, taking into account that diversity and heterogeneity, is a still pending task that calls for the production of data and information systems able to encompass those various dimensions. This is also a central condition for the design and implementation of policies capable of tackling informality in a more appropriate, efficient and sustainable manner and of making progress in expanding the possibilities for better-quality and more protected productive and labour market insertion, as well as in closing gaps in access to decent work. This paper reviews the conceptual discussion on existing and new forms of informality in Latin America and analyses in depth the relationship between informality and the various axes of inequality that shape its labour markets, with an emphasis on the territorial and subnational dimension. Likewise, based on that diagnostic assessment, policy recommendations are proposed to advance towards the formalization of informality in its existing and new forms. Summary .-- Introduction .-- I. Existing and new forms of informality and new atypical forms of employment in Latin America .-- II. Informality and the social inequality matrix in Latin America: territory, gender, youth and ethnicity and race .-- III. Policies for formalizing informality in its existing and new forms:experiences and challenges.

     

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  4. Incorporating informal workers into social insurance in Tanzania
    Published: August 2022
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    Expansion of social protection reach among workers in the large informal economy represents a persisting and thorny challenge in the development context. In Mainland Tanzania, several domestically led policy reforms have been introduced to... more

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    Expansion of social protection reach among workers in the large informal economy represents a persisting and thorny challenge in the development context. In Mainland Tanzania, several domestically led policy reforms have been introduced to increasingly expand social protection for informal workers. This paper examines the case of Tanzania by exploring the policy developments that have sought to facilitate access to social protection within the informal economy over the past 10-15 years, notably through the expansion of social insurance provision. The paper highlights the pioneering legislative reforms and innovative approaches to social insurance adopted in the country, while drawing attention to the emergence of 'competitive' informal social security arrangements that attract informal workers at the expense of formal social insurance uptake. As such, the paper underscores the need for policy makers to double efforts in awareness-raising and policy design accounting for the needs and contribution capacities of informal workers.

     

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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2022, 84
    Subjects: informal sector; Tanzania; social policy; social insurance
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  5. Policies to address the challenges of existing and new forms of informality in Latin America
    Author: Abramo, Lais
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  United Nations, ECLAC, Santiago

    The phenomenon of informality in Latin America is strongly conditioned by the main structural axes of the social inequality matrix. It is a heterogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon in which socioeconomic, territorial, gender, age and ethnic/racial... more

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    The phenomenon of informality in Latin America is strongly conditioned by the main structural axes of the social inequality matrix. It is a heterogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon in which socioeconomic, territorial, gender, age and ethnic/racial inequalities are manifested. Deeper analysis of the characteristics and nature of this phenomenon, taking into account that diversity and heterogeneity, is a still pending task that calls for the production of data and information systems able to encompass those various dimensions. This is also a central condition for the design and implementation of policies capable of tackling informality in a more appropriate, efficient and sustainable manner and of making progress in expanding the possibilities for better-quality and more protected productive and labour market insertion, as well as in closing gaps in access to decent work. This paper reviews the conceptual discussion on existing and new forms of informality in Latin America and analyses in depth the relationship between informality and the various axes of inequality that shape its labour markets, with an emphasis on the territorial and subnational dimension. Likewise, based on that diagnostic assessment, policy recommendations are proposed to advance towards the formalization of informality in its existing and new forms. Summary .-- Introduction .-- I. Existing and new forms of informality and new atypical forms of employment in Latin America .-- II. Informality and the social inequality matrix in Latin America: territory, gender, youth and ethnicity and race .-- III. Policies for formalizing informality in its existing and new forms:experiences and challenges.

     

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  6. The gender productivity gap
    evidence from the Indian informal sector
    Published: December 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    We examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal enterprises in India. Female-owned firms are on average 45 per cent less productive than male-owned firms, with the clearest... more

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    We examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal enterprises in India. Female-owned firms are on average 45 per cent less productive than male-owned firms, with the clearest productivity gaps observed at the lower end of the productivity distribution. Using decomposition methods, we find that about 73 per cent of the productivity gap can be explained by structural effect, with the remainder being due to differences in observable characteristics as captured by composition effect. We also find that among observable characteristics, the most important contributing factors explaining the gender productivity gap are firm characteristics, such as firm size, age of the firm, assistance from the government, registration with state authorities, working on a contract basis, and maintaining accounts. Male-owned firms are more advantaged in these characteristics than female-owned firms.

     

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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2021, 183
    Subjects: gender; productivity gap; India; decomposition methods; informal sector
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  7. Staying afloat in the milk business
    borrowing and selling on credit among informal milk vendors in Nairobi
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA

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    Series: IFPRI discussion paper ; 02039 (August 2021)
    Subjects: credit; microenterprises; gender; agricultural value chains; informal sector; qualitative methods
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  8. Structural change and formal sector employment growth in Indonesia
    Published: July 2020
    Publisher:  Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, [Canberra]

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    Series: Working papers in trade and development ; no. 2020, 15
    Subjects: informal sector; job mobility; human capital; earnings differentials
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  9. Trade and employment in the formal and informal sectors
    a natural experiment from Cambodia
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO, Chiba, Japan

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    Series: IDE discussion paper ; no. 772
    Subjects: Trade; employment; informal sector; GSP; rules of origin; Cambodia
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  10. Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises
    empirical evidence from Nigeria
    Published: July 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    The lingering policy dilemma facing many governments in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years is what can be done in the short to medium term to boost the output and incomes of individuals and enterprises in the informal sector, given the size and... more

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    The lingering policy dilemma facing many governments in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years is what can be done in the short to medium term to boost the output and incomes of individuals and enterprises in the informal sector, given the size and persistence of the sector in the region. In this paper we examine the structural impact of access and usage of digital technology by informal enterprises on labour productivity. Using a sample of non-farm informal enterprises in Nigeria, we employ IV LASSO techniques to carry out our analysis. The structural parameters of our IV LASSO estimates show that labour productivity is significantly higher for enterprises that use digital technology than for non-users. Further analysis reveals that benefits arise more strongly in larger enterprises in the upper segment of the informal sector. Our findings have key implications for the ongoing discussion on the role of digital technology and government regulatory and policy frameworks for ICT in the region.

     

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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2021, 114
    Subjects: Informationstechnik; Kommunikationstechnik; Schattenwirtschaft; digital technologies; informal sector; productivity; IV LASSO; Nigeria
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  11. Informal employment or informal firms?
    regulatory enforcement and the transformation of the informal sector
    Author: Jain, Sanjay
    Published: July 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    While there is general agreement that regulatory avoidance is an important part of firms' decisions to produce in the informal sector, there is much less agreement on how regulation and enforcement affect firms' decisions on, inter alia, which sector... more

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    While there is general agreement that regulatory avoidance is an important part of firms' decisions to produce in the informal sector, there is much less agreement on how regulation and enforcement affect firms' decisions on, inter alia, which sector they locate in, their employment decisions, and whether to transition from one sector to another. In this paper, we focus on this set of questions: how does the regulatory regime affect these sectoral location decisions by firms? In particular, how are these decisions affected in environments where there are regulatory spillovers, so that each firm's decision, on whether to comply with applicable regulations, also carries implications for other firms? We construct a theoretical model that incorporates firms' decisions on their mode of production, encompassing not just the sector and level of production, but also the level of employment, and consider how these might be affected by varying degrees of regulatory spillovers in their operating environment. The main contribution of this research is to provide a clearer understanding of the interplay of regulation and its enforcement on the one hand, and firm decision-making about employment and output on the other, in a modelling environment where these issues are not dealt with in separate black boxes.

     

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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2021, 123
    Subjects: informal sector; regulatory spillovers; informal employment
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  12. Informal freelancers in the time of COVID-19
    insights from a digital matching platform in Mozambique
    Published: June 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    Despite the severe negative economic shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence from many contexts points to a surge in sales on online platforms, as well as shifts in the composition of demand. This paper investigates how the pandemic has... more

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    Despite the severe negative economic shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence from many contexts points to a surge in sales on online platforms, as well as shifts in the composition of demand. This paper investigates how the pandemic has affected both the supply of and demand for informal manual freelancers in Mozambique. Using data from the digital labour marketplace Biscate, we quantify dynamics along four main dimensions: responses to infection rates, official restrictions on activity, changes in workplace mobility, and employment conditions. Overall, we find both positive and negative effects of the pandemic on growth in the supply of workers, which add up to a zero net effect on average. However, on the demand side, the contact rate and task agreement rate increased by around 50 per cent versus the 'no shock' counterfactual. These findings underline how the informal sector plays a valuable shock-absorbing role and that digital labour marketplaces can facilitate adjustments to economic shocks.

     

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    Subjects: COVID-19; Pandemie; Wirkung; Auswirkung; Schattenwirtschaft; Soziale Situation; Arbeitsbedingungen; freelancers; COVID-19; economics shocks; Mozambique; informal sector
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  13. The more the gloomier
    development of informal employment and its effect on wages in Turkey
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen

    Various studies found wage gaps between formal and informal sector workers even after controlling for a number of individual and firm level characteristics. It has also been shown that earnings differentials across these sectors are quite stable over... more

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    Various studies found wage gaps between formal and informal sector workers even after controlling for a number of individual and firm level characteristics. It has also been shown that earnings differentials across these sectors are quite stable over the years. While there is limited amount of research considering the same issues focusing on Turkish labor market, the development of wage gap between formal and informal employment has not been examined. In our paper, we carry this analysis for Turkey and estimate the wage gap between formal and informal sector workers by utilizing the Household Labor Force Survey (LFS) for the period of 2005 and 2019. There are three main findings; first, decline in informal employment is not uniform and especially after 2012 there is a slight increase in the share of informal jobs at the lower end of wage distribution. Second, we demonstrate that returns to informality vary significantly across quantiles even after a matching technique through inverse probability treatment weights are considered. While at the upper end of the distribution, the penalty is extremely small and stable over the years, at the bottom end, the informal sector considerably reduces wages, and the effect becomes larger over time. The negative and increasing penalty is observable well before the refugee inflows. The last part of our analysis looks at the occupational composition within formal and informal sectors over time and points out that the rise of white collar low skilled service (WCLS) jobs among informal employment is mainly responsible for the increasing wage gap for the workers at the bottom end.

     

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    Series: GLO discussion paper ; no. 870
    Subjects: wage gap; quantile regression; informal sector; compensation; skills; occupation
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  14. Vicious circle or new paradigm?
    exploring the impact of shadow economy on labour market in Latin America and Eurozone
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen

    The relationship between shadow economy (or informal economy) and development has been extensively researched. But there is a lack of consensus on how institutional quality affects the size of informal economy in any country. Using the Kuznets Curve... more

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    The relationship between shadow economy (or informal economy) and development has been extensively researched. But there is a lack of consensus on how institutional quality affects the size of informal economy in any country. Using the Kuznets Curve hypothesis we assess the relationship between institutional quality and the size of SE for a group of Latin American and Eurozone countries for 1991-2015. We examine the rationale of the 'exclusion' and 'escape' theories in short and long-run with the multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) model. We use two techniques, namely an instrumental variable (IV) and Fully Modified OLS (FMOLS) approach. The results show positive and a significant relationship between labour productivity and the size of the shadow economy. We also find that the size of the informal sector is related to the institutional framework, and while the size of the informal sector varies across countries, both formal and informal sectors can co-exist in the long run. High corruption together with an excessive tax burden and adverse socio-economic conditions impact the size of the informal sector in an economy.

     

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    Series: GLO discussion paper ; no. 983
    Subjects: Shadow Economy; informal sector; development; cointegration; causality
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  15. An assessment of the impact of COVID-19 responses on MSMEs in the informal sector
    evidence from Commonwealth Countries in the Pacific
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  Commonwealth Secretariat, London

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    Subjects: Commonwealth Pacific; COVID-19; informal sector; tourism; policy responses
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  16. Writing and Re-Writing History by Destruction
    Proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB Conference, Leipzig, 2018. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times III
    Contributor: Berlejung, Angelika (HerausgeberIn); Maʾir, Aharon (HerausgeberIn); Oshima, Takayoshi (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen

    Der Kongressband des Minerva-Zentrums »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« bündelt die Vorträge, die bei der Konferenz des Zentrums in Leipzig 2018 zum Thema des Schreibens und Umschreibens von Geschichte durch gezielte Zerstörungen in der... more

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    Der Kongressband des Minerva-Zentrums »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« bündelt die Vorträge, die bei der Konferenz des Zentrums in Leipzig 2018 zum Thema des Schreibens und Umschreibens von Geschichte durch gezielte Zerstörungen in der Region Syrien-Palästina-Mesopotamien gehalten wurden. Eine internationale Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern untersuchte das Thema aus einem multiperspektivischen und interdisziplinären Ansatz heraus: Archäologische Studien, Altorientalistik und Bibelwissenschaften konzentrierten sich auf die Zerstörungen antiker Stätten in Israel und Juda im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Die Perspektive der besiegten Israeliten, Jerusalemer und Judäer wird in den Schriften des Alten Testaments und in der nachbiblischen Literatur ausführlich dargestellt und zeigt, dass die Zerstörungen der Vergangenheit ein Kultur- und Identitätsstifter ersten Ranges waren. Die longue durée der Praxis, durch die gezielte Zerstörung des kulturellen Erbes die Vergangenheit neu zu gestalten, um die Gegenwart nach aktuellen Interessen zu gestalten, wird anhand der Praxis des neuassyrischen Reichs bis in die Neuzeit hinein greifbar und am Beispiel der arabisch-muslimischen Eroberung von »Aramäa« sowie der gegenwärtigen türkischen Politik ausgeführt.InhaltsübersichtAngelika Berlejung/Aren Maeir: Introduction I. Re-Writing History by Destruction: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah Amihai Mazar: Destruction Events: Their Identification, Causes, and Aftermath. Some Test Cases – Assaf Kleiman: Living on the Ruins: The Case of Stratum XII/XI at Hazor – Igor Kreimerman: Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar II, and the Residents of Lachish: An Examination of Decision-Making from Conquest to Destruction – Omer Sergi: Rewriting History Through Destruction: The Case of Tel Reḥov and the Hebrew Bible II. Reflections on Destruction and Loss in Prophetic, Poetic, and Post-Biblical Literature Bob Becking: Echoes in Time: The Perception of Jehoiachin's Amnesty in Past and Present (2 Kings 25:27–30) – David G. Garber: The Trace of Inter-Generational Trauma in the Composition History of Ezekiel – Friedhelm Hartenstein: The End of Judah and the Persistence of Cosmic Order: Understanding History in the Light of Creation in Psalms and Prophetic Books – Yigal Levin: Persian-Period Jerusalem in the Shadow of Destruction – Hillel Mali: From Ritual to the Story of Ritual: The Influence of the Destruction of the Temple on Ritual Writing of the First Century CE III. Circumnavigating History: Isaiah's Response to the Temple Destruction J. Todd Hibbard: Does Isaiah Implicate the Temple in His Pronouncements of Judgment Against Jerusalem? – Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Continuity of Worship: The Portrayal of the Temple and Its Cult in Isaiah 40–55 – Clemens Schneider: Destruction and Desert Transformation in Isaiah 43:14–21 – Nathan Macdonald: The Terminology of the Cult in Isaiah 56–66 – Judith Gärtner: »The Dwelling Place of Your Holiness« (Isa 63:15): On the Meaning of Temple Theology in Trito-Isaiah IV. Re-Writing History by Destruction in Assyria Natalie N. May: The Destruction of the Assyrian Capitals – Hanspeter Schaudig: »Uprooting«: A Visual Element of Assyrian Imperialistic Propaganda V. Re-Writing History by Destruction of Heritage Witold Witakowski: The Arameans/Syriacs During the First Three Centuries of the Muslim Rule – Tessa Hofmann: The Treatment of Christian Denominations in the Republic of Turkey This volume combines the papers held at the Minerva Center's »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« conference (Leipzig 2018) on the subject of writing and re-writing history by deliberate destruction in the regions of Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. An international group of scholars studies the subject using a multi-perspective and interdisciplinary approach. Archeological studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, and biblical studies focused on the destruction of ancient sites in Israel and Judah in the 1st millennium BC. The perspective of the defeated Israelites, Jerusalemites, and Judeans is described in detail in the Old Testament and in postbiblical literature and shows that the destructions in the past were a cultural and identity creator of the first magnitude. The longue durée of the practice of reshaping the past through the deliberate destruction of a cultural heritage in order to shape the present according to current interests becomes evident based on the Neo-Assyrian Empire's practice up to the modern era and is demonstrated by the example of the Arabian-Muslim conquest of Aram as well as current Turkish politics.Survey of contentsAngelika Berlejung/Aren Maeir: Introduction I. Re-Writing History by Destruction: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah Amihai Mazar: Destruction Events: Their Identification, Causes, and Aftermath. Some Test Cases – Assaf Kleiman: Living on the Ruins: The Case of Stratum XII/XI at Hazor – Igor Kreimerman: Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar II, and the Residents of Lachish: An Examination of Decision-Making from Conquest to Destruction – Omer Sergi: Rewriting History Through Destruction: The Case of Tel Reḥov and the Hebrew Bible II. Reflections on Destruction and Loss in Prophetic, Poetic, and Post-Biblical Literature Bob Becking: Echoes in Time: The Perception of Jehoiachin's Amnesty in Past and Present (2 Kings 25:27–30) – David G. Garber: The Trace of Inter-Generational Trauma in the Composition History of Ezekiel – Friedhelm Hartenstein: The End of Judah and the Persistence of Cosmic Order: Understanding History in the Light of Creation in Psalms and Prophetic Books – Yigal Levin: Persian-Period Jerusalem in the Shadow of Destruction – Hillel Mali: From Ritual to the Story of Ritual: The Influence of the Destruction of the Temple on Ritual Writing of the First Century CE III. Circumnavigating History: Isaiah's Response to the Temple Destruction J. Todd Hibbard: Does Isaiah Implicate the Temple in His Pronouncements of Judgment Against Jerusalem? – Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Continuity of Worship: The Portrayal of the Temple and Its Cult in Isaiah 40–55 – Clemens Schneider: Destruction and Desert Transformation in Isaiah 43:14–21 – Nathan Macdonald: The Terminology of the Cult in Isaiah 56–66 – Judith Gärtner: »The Dwelling Place of Your Holiness« (Isa 63:15): On the Meaning of Temple Theology in Trito-Isaiah IV. Re-Writing History by Destruction in Assyria Natalie N. May: The Destruction of the Assyrian Capitals – Hanspeter Schaudig: »Uprooting«: A Visual Element of Assyrian Imperialistic Propaganda V. Re-Writing History by Destruction of Heritage Witold Witakowski: The Arameans/Syriacs During the First Three Centuries of the Muslim Rule – Tessa Hofmann: The Treatment of Christian Denominations in the Republic of Turkey

     

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    Subjects: informal sector; social image; Reden; intercultural networks; epistolary authorship; Orientalische Religionen in der Antike; Historiography; History of Biblical events; Conference papers and proceedings; History; forward-looking voters; Cultural heritage; reshaping collective memory; history of the Ancient Near East; destruction of identity; Altes Testament; Antike Religionsgeschichte; Altorientalistik; Ägyptologie; Alte Geschichte
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  17. The informal sector and the safety of female traders in Tanzania
    a reflection of practices, policies, and legislation
    Published: October 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    This paper assesses the participation of female traders, safety factors, and existing policies and legislation in the informal sector in Tanzania. Primary data were obtained from 11 indepth interviews, 10 focused group discussions, and 236 structured... more

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    This paper assesses the participation of female traders, safety factors, and existing policies and legislation in the informal sector in Tanzania. Primary data were obtained from 11 indepth interviews, 10 focused group discussions, and 236 structured questionnaires. The primary data were triangulated with secondary information from various reports, national policies, and relevant legislation. It was noted that female traders participate in various informal trades, including stone quarrying, selling accessories and ornaments, food vending, and cloth and garment making. However, they experience unfavourable trading conditions and limited access to finance and business development services. Despite the existence of national policies and legislation that address female traders in the informal sector, there is a gap between stated policies and legislation and actual practices. The recommendation includes better trading premises with proper sanitation and easier access to financial services, upgraded business skills, and business development services to ensure sustainable incomes and productive employment in the informal sector.

     

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    Subjects: informal sector; female traders; Tanzania
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  18. Productivity, non-compliance and the minimum wage
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  UCD School of Economics, University College Dublin, Dublin

    Many informal firms in developing countries would not be viable if they were to comply with the minimum wage law. This means the authorities have an incentive to turn a blind eye to nonenforcement in a substantial share of firms. We also survey... more

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    Many informal firms in developing countries would not be viable if they were to comply with the minimum wage law. This means the authorities have an incentive to turn a blind eye to nonenforcement in a substantial share of firms. We also survey enforcement mechanisms for the minimum wage across developing countries and find that worker complaints are an important element in determining whether firms will be inspected for non-compliance or not. We develop a theoretical monopsony model which rationalises the stylised facts we observe. For a given minimum wage, the government can choose a level of enforcement and penalties for non-compliance such that employment will not fall for any optimising firm, irrespective of their productivity. Low productivity firm's optimal choice of employment and wage will be unaffected by the introduction of the minimum wage. High productivity firms comply so that wage and employment effects are non-negative for these firms.

     

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    Subjects: Minimum wage; productivity; non-compliance; informal sector; firms
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  19. Allocative efficiency between and within the formal and informal manufacturing sector in Zimbabwe?
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  SALDRU, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, Cape Town, South Africa

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    Subjects: Misallocation; total factor productivity; informal sector
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  20. Keeping the best of two worlds
    linking CGE and microsimulation models for policy analysis
    Published: July 2023
    Publisher:  [Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex], [Colchester, Essex, UK]

    In this paper, we link a CGE model with the tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD for Latvia. The model linkage is done using an iterative top-down bottomup approach, ensuring the convergence of changes in disposable income, employment and wage... more

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    In this paper, we link a CGE model with the tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD for Latvia. The model linkage is done using an iterative top-down bottomup approach, ensuring the convergence of changes in disposable income, employment and wage in both models. We also incorporate the unreported wage payments in CGE and EUROMOD to account for the substantial labour tax non-compliance in Latvia and improve the modelling of the fiscal sector. Several simulations demonstrate the advantages of the joint CGE-EUROMOD system over the individual macro and microsimulation models. The lack of income distribution aspect and the scarcity of fiscal instruments in CGE can be overcome by the features of EUROMOD. The CGE model, on the other hand, provides macroeconomic spillovers that are missing in the simulations of EUROMOD.

     

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    Subjects: EUROMOD; CGE model; model linkage; informal sector
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  21. Does competition from the informal sector reduce tax compliance in the formal sector?
    evidence from Ethiopia
    Published: July 2023
    Publisher:  The International Centre for Tax and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK

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    Subjects: informal sector; competition; formal businesses; tax compliance; Ethiopia
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  22. The price of simplicity
    skewed and regressive taxation in Accra's informal sector
    Published: June 2024
    Publisher:  The International Centre for Tax and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK

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    Subjects: informal sector; taxation; tax administration; regressivity; Ghana
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  23. Out of the shadow
    encouraging online registration of micro and small businesses through a randomized controlled trial
    Published: March 2021
    Publisher:  Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, [Canberra]

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  24. Maternity benefits mandate and women's choice of work in Viet Nam
    Published: August 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    Despite a sizeable literature on the labour market effects of maternity leave regulations on women in developed countries, how these policies affect women's work in developing countries with a large informal sector remains poorly understood. This... more

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    Despite a sizeable literature on the labour market effects of maternity leave regulations on women in developed countries, how these policies affect women's work in developing countries with a large informal sector remains poorly understood. This study examines how extending the maternity leave requirement affects women's decisions to work in the informal or formal sector in Viet Nam. We use a difference-in-differences approach to evaluate the 2012 Amendment to the Viet Nam Labour Law, which imposes a longer maternity leave requirement than before. We find that the law increases formal employment and decreases unpaid work among women in the female labour market. This is driven by women switching from agricultural household work to employment in the public sector. In contrast, we find no effects on formal employment in the private sector. These findings suggest that an increase in the required maternity leave encourages women to switch from informal, unpaid work to working in the formal sector.

     

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    Subjects: Frau; Arbeitsmarkt; Elternzeit; Wirkung; Auswirkung; Schattenwirtschaft; maternity leave regulations; female labour market; informal sector
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  25. The gendered crisis
    livelihoods and mental well-being in India during COVID-19
    Published: April 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points post-pandemic relative... more

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    This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points post-pandemic relative to pre-pandemic, while their monthly earnings fell by 89 per cent relative to the baseline mean. In contrast, women did not experience any significant impact on employment post pandemic, as reported by their husbands. Second, we document very high levels of pandemic-induced mental stress, with wives reporting greater stress than husbands. Third, this gendered pattern in pandemic-induced mental stress is partly explained by men's employment losses, which affected wives more than husbands. In contrast, staying employed during the pandemic is associated with worse mental health for women and their (unemployed) husbands. Fourth, pre-existing social networks are associated with higher mental stress for women relative to men, possibly due to the 'home-based' nature of women's networks.

     

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    Subjects: COVID-19; informal sector; employment; mental health; social networks; gender; India
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