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Globalisation versus informality : evidence from developing countries

Pham, Thi Hong Hanh - 2011

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Globalisation versus informality : evidence from developing countries

Pham, Thi Hong Hanh - 2011

A number of theoretical studies have tended to trace the nature of globalization process' impacts (mostly characterised … Bayesian statistical techniques, which allow one to determine, from a large set of different globalization indicators, a subset …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346442

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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The shadow economy in industrial countries : reducing the size of the shadow economy requires reducing its attractiveness while improving official institutions

Enste, Dominik - 2015

The shadow (underground) economy plays a major role in many countries. People evade taxes and regulations by working in the shadow economy or by employing people illegally. On the one hand, this unregulated economic activity can result in reduced tax revenue and public goods and services, lower...

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Informal labor regulations, firm boundaries, and global sourcing

Bansal, Renu; Maiti, Dibyendu - 2024

This paper extends the global sourcing model with informal labor, which spawns reputation and legal costs for violating the rules and regulations imposed on foreign firms regarding accessing informal labor under integration. Under these circumstances, foreign firms, facing a higher cost than...

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The Shadow Economy and Corruption in Greece

Katsios, Stavros - 2016

The paper highlights the interaction between the underground economy and corruption, focusing on the regional dimensions of the problem in south-eastern Europe. It discusses the theoretical approach to underground economic activities and focuses on the determinants of the Greek economy, the tax...

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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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Tackling the Informal Economy : Towards a Coordinated Public Policy Approach

Williams, Colin - 2013

Throughout the western world, the informal economy is now a priority for action in public policy circles. This paper analyzes how the UK government has sought to tackle this issue by attempting to join-up the myriad of actions being taken across government with regard to this realm, and...

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Global Value Chains in economic development

Herr, Hansjörg; Dünhaupt, Petra - 2019

Global Value Chains (GVCs) started to play an increasing and key role in the global economy from the 1990s on. The market mechanism in GVCs supports industrialisation in the Global South and under certain conditions product and process upgrading. But GVCs do not lead to the catching-up of...

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Explaining cross-country variations in the prevalence of informal sector competitors : lessons from the World Bank Enterprise Survey

Williams, Colin C.; Kedir, Abbi Mamo - In: International entrepreneurship and management journal 15 (2019) 3, pp. 677-696

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