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Informal employment in emerging and transition econimies : reducing informality requires better enforcement, more reasonable regulation, and economic growth

Slonimczyk, Fabián - 2014

opportunities to enter the formal sector. Reducing informality requires better enforcement, more reasonable regulation, and economic …

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The informality phenomenon and its contribution to the growth of the city of Guayaquil

Torresano, José Véliz; Christiansen, Suleen Díaz - In: Journal of economics, finance & administrative science 19 (2014) 37, pp. 90-97

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 …

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The role of informality in the economic growth, employment, and inflation during the COVID-19 crisis

Torres-Favela, Manuel; Luna, Edgar M. - In: Latin American journal of central banking : LAJCB 6 (2025) 1, pp. 1-18

characteristic of the LAC region is its high level of informality and its close relationship with inflation dynamics. A dynamic … stochastic general equilibrium model was built and simulated to understand the role of informality in the COVID-19 crisis. The … informality in the LAC region play an important role in shaping the consequences of restrictive measures to curb the pandemic on …

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Growth effects of foreign direct investment and economic policy reforms in Latin America

Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Both theoretical and empirical literature has identified several channels through which FDI influence economic growth in Latin America. This study however examines the impact on economic output growth using aggregate production function augmented with FDI inflows, policy reforms and the...

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Schooling, educational achievement, and the Latin American growth puzzle

Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 2, pp. 497-512

Latin American economic development has been perceived as a puzzle. The region has trailed most other world regions over the past half century despite relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle, however, can be resolved by considering educational achievement, a...

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Electoral Laws, Political Institutions and Long-Run Development : Evidence from Latin America, 1800-2012

Spruk, Rok - 2016

This paper exploits the variation in the timing of electoral law enforcement across nine Latin American countries to consistently examine the contribution of de jure and de facto political institutions to long-run development. The set of novel measures of electoral law enforcement is constructed...

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The Myth of the 'Latin American Decade'

Ocampo, José Antonio - 2018

This paper analyzes Latin American performance over the period 2003-2014 with the purpose of evaluating two ideas: whether this period constituted so-called ‘golden years' and whether the 2010s were likely to be a ‘Latin American decade' This term was used several times by scholars,...

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Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle

Hanushek, Eric Alan - 2009

Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...

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Southeast Asia in the New Global Economy : Emerging Challenges from Africa and Latin America

Cammack, Paul - 2014

The purpose of this paper is to set the issue of Chinese investment in Southeast Asia in two contexts: the changing geography of economic growth and patterns of trade and investment across the world as a whole, and the accompanying quiet revolution that has taken place in the international...

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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

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