What does it mean to be in the informal sector? Many characterizations have been used in the literature, for example, firms that are unregistered or employ a small workforce or firms/economic enterprises that do not have access to formal capital markets. But many people participate in both...

With fortuitously timed data collected before, during and after a major macro-financial crisis in Bulgaria, we revisit several hypotheses in the economics and nutritional literature related to the tendency of households to smooth their nutritional status over time. We explore the dietary impact...

Using Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys for 1995, 1997 and 2001 this paper explores determinants of labor force status - not working, public sector employment, private sector employment and self-employment - and earnings for each of the three employment sectors. We find that while skilled...