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Globalization and shadow economy: A panel analysis for Africa

Ajide, Folorunsho M.; Dada, James Temitope - In: Review of Economics and Political Science (REPS) 9 (2024) 2, pp. 166-189

globalization tools are useful for affecting the size of the shadow economy in Africa. This study provides fresh empirical evidence … on the impact of globalization on the shadow economy in the case of Africa. …Purpose - The study's objective is to examine the relevance of globalization in affecting the size of the shadow …

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Globalization and inequality in Latin America

Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Kovak, Brian K. - 2023

We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality. …

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Policing reforms and economic development in African states. Understanding the linkages: empowering change

Marenin, Otwin - 2013

achieving security, yet the experience of changing policing systems in Africa is disappointing. Only South Africa and a few post …

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Trade and informality in the presence of labor market frictions and regulations

Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Goldberg, Pinelopi K.; Meghir, Costas - 2021

We build an equilibrium model of a small open economy with labor market frictions and imperfectly enforced regulations. Heterogeneous firms sort into the formal or informal sector. We estimate the model using data from Brazil, and use counterfactual simulations to understand how trade affects...

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Tackling undeclared work in the European Union: An evaluation of government policy approaches

Williams, Colin C. - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 10 (2019) 2, pp. 135-147

In recent years, it has been increasingly recognised that governments seeking to tackle undeclared work effectively should adopt a holistic approach. This seeks to coordinate strategy across the fields of labour, tax and social security law, and to use the full range of policy measures...

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Tackling unregistered employment in European regions: Towards a variegated policy approach

Williams, Colin C. - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 12 (2021) 2, pp. 104-122

To tackle participation in unregistered employment, the conventional policy approach has been to deter such work by increasing the penalties and risk of detection. Recently, an alternative preventative approach has emerged that tackles participation in unregistered employment by improving...

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Evaluating the use of personal connections to bypass formal procedures: A study of vriski in Republic of Macedonia

Williams, Colin C.; Bezeredi, Slavko - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 8 (2017) 2, pp. 169-182

The soliciting of personal favours for and from others in order to circumvent formal procedures is a common practice across the world, variously known as guanxi, wasta, blat, and jeitinho. Until now, however, there have been no known empirical studies of this practice in South-East Europe. This...

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Tackling the illegal practice of under-reporting employees' wages: Lessons from the Republic of Macedonia

Williams, Colin C.; Bezeredi, Slavko - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 8 (2017) 3, pp. 243-258

Recently, there has been growing recognition that some formal employees receive from their formal employers two wages, namely an official declared wage plus an additional undeclared (envelope) wage, which reduces the tax and social contributions paid to the authorities. The aim of this paper is...

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Tackling the informal economy in the European Union: A social actor approach

Williams, Colin C.; Kayaoglu, Aysegul - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 7 (2016) 2, pp. 133-147

In recent years, participants in the informal economy have started to be viewed less as rational economic actors who engage in the informal economy when the pay-off is greater than the expected cost of being caught and punished, and more as social actors who engage when their tax morale (i.e.,...

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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity

Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009

Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...

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