achieving coverage in countries with high informality, financing the scheme without further distorting the labor market, and …

are also larger in cities that have a higher baseline informality rate and lower ease of starting a business. …

proportion. Second, Ecuador is among the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with the highest degree of informality in …

Despite rapid economic growth in recent decades, informality remains a persistent phenomenon in the labor markets of … many low- and middle-income countries. A key issue in this regard concerns the extent to which informality itself is a … heterogeneity in the transition patterns observed for workers in upper-tier versus lower-tier informality. Given the limited …

Under-employment or informality is a compelling truth in developing countries, and Ecuador is no exception, least of … all the city Guayaquil. This descriptive study attempts to investigate informality, its reality and characteristics, and … influence the non-formalization of its activities. The results support that informality may be seen as an enterprise mechanism …

unemployment and informality do not change substantially. The effects are greater when the initial shock increases informality in …