Informality In Latin America And The Caribbean

Loayza, Norman; Servén, Luis; Sugawara, Naotaka

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4888

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“…Riedmann and Fischer, 2008;Williams and Renooy, 2008). Loayza et al (2009: Figure 1) apply (ii) and (iii), whilst Perry et al (2007: Figure 2) use all four approaches. The third approach is used also by ILO (2002) and Feld and Schneider (2010: Table 14 11 ).…”

Section: Measuring Informal Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These findings might be of interest from the perspective of integrating informal labor. Moreover, some of them also contribute to the ‗exit vs. exclusion' literature about prevailing reasons for working informally (see Maloney, 1999;Maloney, 2004;Djankov et al, 2003;Hanousek and Palda, 2003;Perry et al 2007, Williams andRenooy, 2008;Loayza, Servén and Sugawara, 2009;Pfau-Effinger, 2009;Williams, 2009;Schneider, Buehn and Montenegro, 2010). Although heterogeneous nature of self-employment is now well understood in principle, the empirical base in European context remains scarce.…”

Section: The Dynamics Of Informal Employmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Informal Workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 European Countries

Hazans¹

2011

Policy Research Working Papers

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Section: Measuring Informal Employmentmentioning

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Section: The Dynamics Of Informal Employmentmentioning

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Informal Workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 European Countries

Hazans¹

2011

Policy Research Working Papers

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“…In Latin America, after controlling for country characteristics, informality has been found to affect economic growth negatively (Loayza et al, 2009). While high-productivity employment opportunities have been an important part of overall growth in many Asian * This document was prepared as a technical background paper to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of Mexico.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Informal employment has increased over the past two decades in much of the developing world, including countries with high rates of economic growth (Freeman, 2009). However, theoretical models of developing country labour markets treat informal employment as a second-best outcome (Loayza et al, 2009): individuals accept an informal job when a formal job is not available. Some workers may, however, prefer an informal job to avoid taxes and regulations, and they may make a relatively better living than with a formal job (Maloney, 2004).…”

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The Determinants of Informality in Mexico's States

Dougherty

Escobar

2013

OECD Economics Department Working Papers

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JT03337967Complete document available on OLIS in its original format This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. ECO/WKP(2013) Informality has important implications for productivity, economic growth, and the inequality of income. In recent years, the extent of informal employment has increased in many of Mexico's states, though highly heterogeneously. The substantial differences across states in terms of informal employment can be helpful in explaining differences in economic growth outcomes. This paper studies the determinants of informal employment using states' diverging outcomes to identify causal factors, taking into account potential endogeneity. The results suggest that multiple factors explain differences in informal employment across states, including per capita income, the quality of labour skills, differences in the prevalence of microenterprises, the cost to start a business, restrictions on foreign investment, the rule of law and incidence of corruption.JEL classification codes: J21, O17, O54. Keywords: Informal employment, microenterprises, regulatory policy, sub-national policy analysis. ************ Les déterminants de l'informalité dans les États du MexiqueL'informalité a des implications importantes sur la productivité, la croissance économique et l'inégalité des revenus. Ces dernières années, la mesure de l'emploi informel a augmenté dans la plupart des États du Mexique, bien que de manière très hétérogène. Les différences importantes entre les États en matière d'emploi informel peuvent être utiles pour expliquer les différences dans les résultats de la croissance économique. Cet article étudie les déterminants de l'emploi informel en utilisant les résultats divergents des États pour identifier les facteurs causaux, en tenant compte de l'endogénéité potentielle. Les résultats suggèrent que plusieurs facteurs expliquent les différences dans l'emploi informel à travers les États, y compris le revenu par habitant, la qualité de la main-d'oeuvre, les différences dans la prévalence des microentreprises, le coût pour démarrer une entreprise, les restrictions sur les investissements étrangers, l'État de droit et l'incidence de la corruption.Codes JEL : J21, O17, O54. Mots clés : L'emploi informel, micro-entreprises, la politique de réglementation, l'analyse politique sousnationale. © OECD (2013)You can copy, download or print OECD content for your own use, and you can include excerpts from OECD publications, databases and multimedia products in your own documents, presentations, blogs, websites and teaching materials, provided that suitable acknowledgment of OECD as source and copyright owner is given. All requests for commercial use and translation rights should be submitted to rights@oecd.org.

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“…La baja calidad de los servicios públicos prestados por el Estado, la deficiente capacidad para implementar las políticas públicas necesarias y la escasa confianza de la ciudadanía en las instituciones públicas son características que se repiten en los países de la región y conspiran contra el cumplimiento voluntario de los contribuyentes, al tiempo que favorecen el crecimiento de la economía informal (Loayza, Servén y Sugawara, 2009). …”

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