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Outside the state : the shadow economy and shadow economy labor force

Schneider, Friedrich - 2014

In this paper the main focus lies on the shadow economy and on work in the shadow. The most influential factors on the shadow economy are tax policies and state regulation. The size of the shadow economy was decreasing over 1999 to 2007 from 34.0% to 31.2% for 161 countries (unweighted average)....

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The impact of economic globalization on the shadow economy in Egypt

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Hassan, Mai - 2017 - This version: 24.03.2017

This study examines the economic globalization and the shadow economy nexus in Egypt. Using time series data from 1976 … economic globalization is negative and statistically significant for the first three years following the shock. This finding is … obtained by controlling for several intermediary channels in globalization-shadow economy nexus such as education, government …

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Unfolding trade effect in two margins of informality : the Peruvian case

Cisneros-Acevedo, Camila - 2021

This paper studies the effect of an increase in import competition on informality along two margins. I consider the extensive margin, where workers are hired by unregistered employers and the intensive margin, where even though jobs are carried out in registered firms, employees are off the...

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Job search, unemployment protection and informal work in advanced economies

Long, Iain W.; Polito, Vito - 2017

This paper investigates the incentives that may induce workers to supplement income from unemployment benefits by engaging in temporary informal work. Using a dynamic model of job-search with moral hazard that incorporates a stylised schedule of benefit payments, we describe how informal sector...

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Maquiladoras and informality : a mixed blessing

Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario; Riaño, Alejandro - 2011

Mexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processing maquila sector during the 1990s. At the same time, a large proportion of its labor force remains employed in the informal sector. Since one of the main objectives of the maquiladora program was to increase formal employment, we...

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Economic globalisation and Africa's quest for greener and more inclusive growth : the missing link

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Freytag, Andreas; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

inclusive green growth (IGG) relationship in Africa. Based on macro data for 22 African countries and the Driscoll …-Kraay standard errors with fixed effects instrumental variable regression, the following findings are established. First, Africa … threshold analysis suggests that by improving Africa's mostly unfree economic architecture to 60% (moderately free) or 80% (free …

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International disease epidemics and the shadow economy

Berdiev, Aziz N.; Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W. - 2020

Adding to the emerging body of research related to the current coronavirus crisis, this paper studies the impact of disease epidemics on the worldwide prevalence of the shadow or the underground economy. The informal sector undermines compliance with government regulations and lowers tax...

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The impact of inequality on the informal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean with a MIMIC model

Takanohashi, Marcos; Ribeiro, Marcel; Schneider, Friedrich - 2023

Vast literature is available covering main Informal Economy (IE) causes and consequences for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), but its size estimation has been mainly limited to worldwide models applied to the region. This paper proposes a MIMIC Base Model using a data set composed by 41...

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Global robots

Leone, Fabrizio - 2024

The diffusion of automation technology raises questions about the future of work, leading to calls for policy interventions. The ongoing debate centers on the decisions made by technology adopters. In this paper, I study supply-side adjustments and their role in shaping policy outcomes. I focus...

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Managers as knowledge carriers : explaining Firms' internationalization success with manager mobility

Meinen, Philipp; Parrotta, Pierpaolo; Sala, Davide; … - 2018

How does "what managers know" affect firm performance on international markets? This question is of considerable importance in the international economic literature. Answering it will be key for comprehending the way firms’ varying performance on international markets is shaped by the human...

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