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  1. The value of health insurance: a household job search approach
    Published: [2018]
    Publisher:  FEA/USP, [São Paulo]

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    Series: Working paper series / Department of Economics-FEA/USP ; no 2018, 18
    Subjects: Search; Household behavior; Health insurance; Informality; Unemployment
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  2. Tax policies, informality, and real wage rigidities
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  Banco de la Republica Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

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    Series: Borradores de economía ; no.1245 (2023)
    Subjects: Informality; payroll taxes; fiscal policy; enforcement; search frictions,shirking
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  3. Rural migrants and urban informality
    evidence from Brazil
    Published: 24 May 2023
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Array ; DP18160
    Subjects: Informality; rural-urban migration; labor markets; firm dynamics
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  4. Labor market regulation and informality
    Published: March 2023
    Publisher:  IDB, Inter-American Development Bank, [Washington, DC]

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    Series: Discussion paper / IDB, Inter-American Development Bank ; no IDB-DP-999
    Subjects: Informality; Labor market regulation; Firm dynamics; Devel- oping countries
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  5. The dynamics of labour market polarization in Chile
    an analysis of the link between technical change and informality
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen

    In spite of the growing literature on polarization, relatively little is known about the individual-level patterns underlying the decline of routine occupations and its link with informal employment in a middle-income country context. To shed light... more

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    In spite of the growing literature on polarization, relatively little is known about the individual-level patterns underlying the decline of routine occupations and its link with informal employment in a middle-income country context. To shed light on this, we examine the ows of formal and informal workers into and out of routine and non-routine occupations over the period 1980-2015 in Chile. Using rich longitudinal data from the Social Protection Survey of Chile, we first reconstruct individuals' occupational trajectories by classifying individuals into different states at a monthly frequency. We then use a series of multilevel competing risk event history models and a decomposition ow approach to study the ows underlying the decline of routine occupations over time. Our results suggest a process of displacement and occupational downgrading for routine manual workers: workers in routine manual formal employment become increasingly unemployed or use informality as a buffer against job loss, and workers in routine manual informal employment become unemployed or transit to non-routine manual informal occupations. By contrast, workers in routine cognitive occupations seem to be relatively more protected against job displacement and occupational downgrading. Lastly, we find that the decrease in the share of routine occupations in Chile is mostly due to a decrease in the in ow transition rate from unemployment as well as an increase in the out ow transition rates to unemployment and informality.

     

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    Series: GLO discussion paper ; no. 1262
    Subjects: Occupations; Tasks; Routinization; Labour Market Displacement; Unemploy-ment; Informality
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  6. Labour agency and global production networks in India
    intermediaries old and new
    Author: Das, Keshab
    Published: January
    Publisher:  Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Gota, Ahmedabad

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    Series: Working paper / Gujarat Institute of Development Research ; no. 261 (January 2020)
    Subjects: Trade unions; Global production networks; Informality; Labour rights; Labour standards
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  7. Minimum wages in the presence of wage and non-wage sectors in India
    an exploratory analysis of the non-farm sector
    Published: July 2022
    Publisher:  Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India

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    Series: Working paper / Madras School of Economics ; 225 (2022)
    Subjects: Minimum wage; Informality; Self-employment; Lighthouse effect; India
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  8. Informality, education-occupation mismatch, and wages
    evidence from India
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen

    This article examines the intertwining relationship between informality and education-occupation mismatch (EOM) and the consequent impact on the workers' wages. In particular, we discuss two issues - first, the relative importance of informality and... more

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    This article examines the intertwining relationship between informality and education-occupation mismatch (EOM) and the consequent impact on the workers' wages. In particular, we discuss two issues - first, the relative importance of informality and education-occupation mismatch in determining the wages; and second, the relevance of EOM for formal and informal workers. The analysis reveals that although both informality and EOM are significant determinants of wages, the former is more crucial for a developing country like India. Further, we find that EOM is one of the crucial determinants of wages for formal workers, but it is not critical for informal workers. The study highlights the need for considering the bifurcation of formal-informal workers to understand the complete dynamics of EOM especially for developing countries where informality is predominant.

     

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    Series: GLO discussion paper ; no. 1241
    Subjects: Informality; Education-Occupation Mismatch; India
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  9. Unintended effects from the expansion of the non-contributory health system in Peru
    Published: April 2021
    Publisher:  International Monetary Fund, [Washington, D.C.]

    Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This expansion has a... more

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    Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This expansion has a positive impact on welfare and public health indicators, as it limits the risk of catastrophic health-related costs for previously uninsured individuals and allows for the appropriate treatment of illnesses. However, it also entails some unintended consequences for informality, tax revenues, and GDP, since a few formal agents are paying for a service that the majority of (informal) agents receive for free. In this paper, we use a general equilibrium model calibrated for Peru to simulate the expansion of SIS to quantify the unintended effects. We find that overall welfare increases, but informality rises by 2.7 percent, while tax revenues and output decrease by roughly 0.1 percent. Given the extent of the expansion in eligibility, the economic relevance of these results seems negligible. However, this occurs because the expansion of coverage was mostly funded by reducing the spending per-insured person. In fact, we find larger costs if public spending is increased to improve the quality of service given universal coverage

     

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    Series: IMF working paper ; WP/21, 106
    Subjects: Idiosyncratic distortions; Informality; Health; Government Policy; Foreign Exchange; Health; Informal Economy; Labor Demand; Underground Econom
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  10. Trade and domestic distortions
    the case of informality
    Published: 24 February 2024
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

    We examine the effects of international trade in the presence of a set of domestic distortions giving rise to informality, a prevalent phenomenon in developing countries. In our quantitative model, the informal sector arises from burdensome taxes and... more

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    We examine the effects of international trade in the presence of a set of domestic distortions giving rise to informality, a prevalent phenomenon in developing countries. In our quantitative model, the informal sector arises from burdensome taxes and regulations that are imperfectly enforced by the government. Consequently, smaller, less productive firms face fewer distortions than larger, more productive ones, potentially leading to substantial misallocation. We show that in settings with a large informal sector, the gains from trade are significantly amplified, as reductions in trade barriers imply a reallocation of resources from initially less distorted to more distorted firms. We confirm findings from earlier reduced-form studies that the informal sector mitigates the impact of negative labor demand shocks on unemployment. Nonetheless, the informal sector can exacerbate the adverse welfare effects of economic downturns, amplifying misallocation. Last, our research sheds light on the relationship between trade openness and cross-firm wage inequality.

     

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    Series: Array ; DP18860
    Subjects: Informality
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  11. Informality, development, and the business cycle in North Africa

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    Series: Departmental paper / International Monetary Fund ; DP/2022, 011
    Subjects: Informality; economic development; labor market; business cycle; North Africa
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  12. COVID-19 and the informality-driven recovery
    the case of Colombia’s labor market
    Published: September 2021
    Publisher:  International Monetary Fund, [Washington, D.C.]

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    Series: IMF working paper ; WP/21, 235
    Subjects: Colombia; COVID-19; Labor Markets; Informality
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  13. Thresholds, informality, and partitions of compliance
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  Cornell Univ., Dep. of Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, NY

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    Series: Working paper / Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management ; 2014.11
    Subjects: Informality; tax compliance; tax threshold
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  14. Informality and inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Published: July 2016
    Publisher:  Communications and Engagement Unit, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton

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    ISBN: 9781781183168
    Series: IDS working paper ; volume 2016, no 470
    Subjects: Informality; Informal Sector; Inclusive Growth; Africa; South Africa
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  15. The NAIRU and informality in the Mexican labor market
    Published: February 2022
    Publisher:  Bank for International Settlements, Monetary and Economic Department, [Basel]

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    Series: BIS working papers ; no 1005
    Subjects: Unemployment; Informality; NAIRU; Business cycle
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 54 Seiten), Illustrationen
  16. Status of domestic workers in India
    a tale of two cities
    Published: March 2019
    Publisher:  Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Gota, Ahmedabad

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    Series: Working paper / Gujarat Institute of Development Research ; no. 255 (March 2019)
    Subjects: Domestic work; Labour legislation; Labour welfare; Informality; Compensation/Wages; WorkingConditions; Workers' rights; Kolkata; Ahmedabad
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  17. Crafts, innovation and exclusion
    posers from a terracotta cluster in rural Rajasthan
    Author: Das, Keshab
    Published: October 2018
    Publisher:  Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Gota, Ahmedabad

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    Series: Working paper / Gujarat Institute of Development Research ; no. 251 (October 2018)
    Subjects: Terracotta Cluster; Crafts; Inclusive Innovation; Exclusion; Informality; Rajasthan
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  18. Labour market resilience in India
    conceptual and policy issues
    Author: Das, Keshab
    Published: May 2017
    Publisher:  Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Gota, Ahmedabad

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    Series: Working paper / Gujarat Institute of Development Research ; no. 244 (May 2017)
    Subjects: Labour market; Flexibility; Regulations; Informality; Labour reforms; Labour agency; India
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  19. Infrastructure accumulation in developing countries
    the role of the informal sector
    Published: settembre 2021
    Publisher:  CRENoS, Cagliari

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    Series: Working papers / CRENoS ; 2021, 03
    Subjects: Infrastructure; Informality; Optimal Taxation; Development
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  20. Informality, development, and the business cycle in North Africa

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    Subjects: Informality; economic development; labor market; business cycle; North Africa
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  21. Informality, consumption taxes and redistribution
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Center for International Development at Harvard University, [Cambridge, MA]

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    Series: CID faculty working paper ; no. 407 (September 2021)
    Subjects: Verbrauchsteuer; Steuerpolitik; Vermögensumverteilung; Einkommensumverteilung; Budget Surveys; Inequality; Informality; Redistribution; Taxes
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  22. Public financing with financial frictions and underground economy
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  UC3M, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, [Getafe (Spain)]

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    Subjects: Occupational Choice; Informality; Financial Frictions; Social Security; Tax Revenue
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  23. Spatial inequality, poverty and informality in the democratic republic of the Congo
    Published: 08 April 2022
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Subjects: Informality; Inequality; Labor market frictions; O-ring theory of development
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  24. Informal workers and the state
    the politics of connection and disconnection during a global pandemic
    Published: November 2021
    Publisher:  Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom

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    Series: IDS working paper ; volume 2021, number 558
    Subjects: Informality; informal economy; Covid-19; informal taxation; social protection; crisis responses
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  25. Informality, consumption taxes and redistribution
    Published: [2022]
    Publisher:  School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London, London

    Can taxes on consumption redistribute in developing countries? Contrary to consensus, we show that taxing consumption is progressive once we account for informal consumption. Using household expenditure surveys in 32 countries we proxy for informal... more

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    Can taxes on consumption redistribute in developing countries? Contrary to consensus, we show that taxing consumption is progressive once we account for informal consumption. Using household expenditure surveys in 32 countries we proxy for informal consumption using the type of store where purchases occur. We establish that the budget share spent in informal stores steeply declines with income, so that richer households pay a substantially larger share of their income in taxes. Our findings imply that the widespread policy of exempting food from taxation is hard to justify on equity grounds in low-income countries.

     

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    Series: Working paper / School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London ; no. 945 (November 2022)
    Subjects: Budget Surveys; Inequality; Informality; Redistribution; Taxes
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