Jonasson, Erik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2009
The aim of this paper is to provide an explanation to why the degree of informal employment may vary substantially … degree of informal employment, however, varies substantially across regions, with some cities having 20% and others having 80 … informal sector. The empirical analysis, based on data from 5500 Brazilian municipalities, shows that informal employment is …