Search Results - subject_exact:"Informelle Wirtschaft"

The hidden sector : just transitions to the formal economy

2026

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Taxation, informality, and labor market responses : what do we really know?

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Herrero Olarte, Susana; … - 2026

This paper critically reviews the empirical and structural literature on the effects of income taxation on informal economic activity. Although labor taxation has been widely studied in relation to labor market outcomes, evidence linking income taxes to informality remains fragmented and uneven...

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Labor informality and macroeconomic volatility

Ávila-Montealegre, Oscar Iván; Grajales-Olarte, Anderson - 2026

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The long shade of labor informality

Álvarez, Andrés; Becerra, Oscar; Fernández, Manuel - 2026

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Informal labor market, inflation and monetary policy

Piscopo, Aniello - 2026

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Informal economy and trade in the agricultural sector

Malik, Shahroo; Oberhofer, Harald; Paniagua, Jordi - 2026

This paper examines how incorporating the informal economy influences the estimated benefits of international trade liberalization. Using a structural gravity framework, we quantify the impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) while explicitly accounting for the presence of shadow (informal)...

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Recent trends on informal employment in Georgia

Pignatti, Clemente - 2026

Drawing on data from the Georgian Labour Force Survey (2021-2022), this paper provides a detailed statistical profile of informal employment in Georgia and discusses its key drivers. Around four workers out of ten were informally employed in Georgia in 2022. The large majority (69 per cent) of...

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Inclusive urban futures : from inequality to opportunity

2026

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Good intentions, informal outcomes : the formalization trap in global e-waste markets

Coria, Jessica - 2026

Large volumes of e-waste collected under formal schemes in high-income countries are still processed informally in developing ones, despite continuous policy efforts to reverse this trend. This paper shows that the persistence of informal e-waste processing is a consequence of how global waste...

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Variations in accountability systems of informal taxation across regions in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Iormbagah, Jacob - 2026

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Shadow economies and state disconnection : Myanmar's policy paradox

Aung, Winston Set - 2026

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Formal and informal labor demand in Egyptian manufacturing firms

El-Haddad, Amirah; Krafft, Caroline; Selwaness, Irene N.; … - 2026

This paper investigates the determinants and dynamics of labour demand and specifically informal labour in Egypt's manufacturing sector, using nationally representative firm-level data from the 2020/21 Egyptian Industrial Firm Behavior Survey. Applying ordinary least squares and fractional logit...

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Tax disincentives to formal employment in Latin America

Bargain, Olivier; Jara, H. Xavier; Rivera, David - 2026

Tax-benefit systems in Latin America have expanded alongside social protection, yet persistently high informality continues to constrain fiscal capacity and redistribution. This paper examines how tax policy changes affect formal employment in Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador over three periods...

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Tax disincentives to formal employment in Latin America

Bargain, Olivier; Jara, H. Xavier; Rivera, David - 2024

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Informal volunteering : trends and characteristics

Barford, Anna; Karkee, Vipasana; O'Higgins, Shane Niall - 2026

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Assessment of Informal Employment in Georgia

2026

Labor informality is a policy concern in Georgia and other developing countries. International evidence suggests that economies associated with high informality are characterized with higher levels of inequality, lower productivity, higher levels of poverty, and lower levels of human and...

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Ethics reviews meet the global south : hidden barriers to contextualized knowledge generation

Dzhengiz, Tulin; Halme, Minna; Khan, Iqra Sadaf; … - 2026

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Sectoral divergence in Indian manufacturing : organised sector growth and unorganised decline

Mehrotra, Santosh K.; Chauhan, Renu - 2026

Manufacturing-led growth remains central to India's structural transformation, given its potential to generate large-scale employment for unskilled and semi-skilled workers transitioning out of agriculture, as well as its strong interlinkages with services employment. However, the share of...

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Emergent competitiveness in artisanal furniture : a case study from Misantla, Mexico

García-Santamaría, Luis Enrique; … - 2026

Background: This study examines the competitive dynamics of the artisanal wooden furniture industry in Misantla, Veracruz, Mexico, a predominantly informal productive system characterized by family-managed production units and strong territorial embeddedness. Methods: A mixed-methods research...

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Tax exposure and digital exchange at the edges of the formal economy : experimental evidence from Tanzania

Dillon, Brian; Ridder, Jessica - 2026

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What constrains the performance of enterprises in India's informal sector?

Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal - 2026

This paper examines the informal sector in India from a production perspective and focuses on the constraints that affect the growth and sustainability of informal enterprises. It relies on nationally representative enterprise-level data from 2010/11 to 2023/24, complemented by findings from...

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Research on the shadow economy and assessment of is scale : on the example of Kazakhstan

Mergenbaeva, Aziza Tojmachambetovna; Nurasheva, Kulyanda; … - 2026

The manuscript aims to assess the scale of shadow economic processes within the non-observed economy, focusing on the self-employment sector, which is insufficiently reflected in national statistics. The research methodology includes an analysis of the conceptual foundations of the shadow...

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Tax evasion and the informal economy in Greece : a systematic review

Bitzenis, Aristidis P.; Koutsoupias, Nikos; Nosios, Marios - 2026

This study investigates tax evasion and the informal economy in Greece through an integrated research design that combines bibliometric analysis with large-scale survey data to examine both the structure of scholarly discourse and public perceptions of economic non-compliance. The analysis...

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Customer perceptions of hygiene and trust in Johannesburg's informal food economy

Sepadi, Maasago Mercy; Hutton, Timothy - 2026

Background: Street food vending plays a central role in urban nutrition and informal employment across South Africa; however, its sustainability largely depends on consumer trust, which is strongly influenced by perceptions of hygiene. Objectives: This paper investigates customer expectations,...

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Study protocol : a mixed-methods investigation of the impact of health and safety practices on the business performance among street food vendors in Johannesburg

Sepadi, Maasago Mercy; Hutton, Timothy - 2026

The informal street food sector serves as a vital component of urban economies in South Africa, providing affordable nutrition and employment. However, this industry struggles to comply with required health and safety practices and standards. This study protocol outlines a mixed-methods...

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The cost of informality in Brazilian wages : an updated discussion

Gomes, Magno; Souza, Solange; Mourão, Paulo; Silva, Otávio - 2026

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India's 20 Years of GDP misestimation : new evidence

Anand, Abhishek; Felman, Josh; Subramanian, Arvind - 2026

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Closing the social protection gap in Egypt : extending social insurance to informal workers

2026

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Using computerized information to enforce VAT : Evidence from Pakistan

Shah, Jawad - 2026

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Using computerized information to enforce vat : evidence from pakistan

Shah, Jawad - 2023

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Neoliberalism, informal employment and post-communist economies : a tale of a debt-seized worker

Popesko, Boris; Uddin, Shahzad; Urban, David - 2026

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Embedded livelihoods : the structure of street vending markets in India

Jain, Muskan; Singh, Lachi - 2026

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From skill acquisition to workforce intelligence : an institutional financing architecture for India's skill economy

Mehrotra, Santosh K.; Singh, Ashutosh Pratap - 2026

Traditional Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems suffer from structural misalignments caused by supply-side financing and labour-market information frictions, creating a systemic observability gap. To address this gap, this paper reconstructs a novel empirical baseline...

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When temperatures rise : heat stress and labor demand in India's informal sector

Nandwani, Bharti; Roychowdhury, Punarjit; Shankar, Binay - 2026

Informal enterprises employ most of India's non-agricultural workforce, yet little is known about how they cope with rising temperatures. Combining satellite-derived temperature data with roughly 1.7 million firm records from five rounds of India's unincorporated-enterprise surveys (2010-2024),...

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Regional social capital and the accumulation of physical capital by informal enterprises in India

Rajput, Dinesh; Sreeraman, Binilkumar Amarayil - 2026

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The perverse effect of flexible work arrangements on informality

Di Porto, Edoardo; Garibaldi, Pietro; Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - 2026

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The perverse effect of flexible work arrangements on informality

Di Porto, Edoardo; Garibaldi, Pietro; Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - 2025

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The perverse effect of flexible work arrangements on informality

Di Porto, Edoardo; Garibaldi, Pietro; Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - 2022

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From walking to driving : new firms, jobs, and sales along a mountain road corridor in Nepal

Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - 2026

This study examines the economic impact of Sindhuli Road-a 160-kilometer paved road constructed on former mountain trails-on new firm entry in Nepal. Propensity-score-weighted regression is employed to mitigate confounding bias due to the nonrandom placement of mountain roads. Nepal's 2018...

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Solid waste management in Beirut and Mount Lebanon: Opportunities for integrating the informal sector

Jaber, Lamia - 2026

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Solid waste management in Beirut and Mount Lebanon : opportunities for integrating the informal sector

Jaber, Lamia - 2026

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Women's employment at risk in the Arab States : unequal exposure to the 2026 Middle East crisis and implications for policy in six countries

2026

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Measurement and mirage : the informal sector revisited

Gallien, Max - 2026

Recent years have seen rapidly expanding scholarship and policy advice on the causes and consequences of informality, relying on the increasing availability of comparative measurements of informal sectors. This has created an impression of a consensus around a clearly conceptualized and...

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Measurement and mirage : the informal sector revisited

Gallien, Max - 2024

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Markets of the people : the struggle for fair competition in South Africa's informal retail sector

Ngidi, Siphelele; Francis, David - 2026

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Does corruption affect the informal-formal sector income gap? : evidence from Brazil

Pavlik, Jamie Bologna; Ferreira Neto, Amir B. - 2026

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Rethinking fiscal decentralization in relation to regional informality : evidence from a European transition country

Stojkov, Aleksandar; Stojkova, Aleksandra Maksimovska; … - 2026

This study investigates how a territorially uneven distribution of informal economic activity affects subnational fiscal capacity and potentially distorts fiscal equalization systems. Using a Multiple Indicators, Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model, we estimate the size of the informal economy across...

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Informal extractivism : mining concessions in natural protected areas in Colombia

Vieda Martínez, Sergio - 2026

Large-scale extractive activities have significant territorial impacts in the Global South as transnational companies seek flexible regulations and lenient controls to source and export natural resources. The literature has overlooked how companies and the state employ land-use informality to...

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How does informal competition shape innovation? : exploring the roles of labour flexibility and special economic zones in emerging economies

Bhattacharya, Bibek; Maheshwari, Sudhanshu; Kaur, Ashneet - 2026

This study explores how informal sector competition influences the innovation strategies of formal emerging economy firms (FEEFs), focusing on the novel concept of 'innovation time off,' where employees are given discretionary time to pursue new ideas. Using data about Indian firms from the...

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Political instability, economic restructuring, and the informal sector : evidence from Palestine

Hallaq, Sameh; Morrar, Rabeh; Daas, Yousuf - 2026

This study investigates how prolonged political instability and economic restructuring have shaped the informal sector in Palestine. Using data from the Palestinian Labor Force Survey and applying econometric analysis with selection correction, we examine structural and institutional...

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Informal Economy in the Kyrgyz Republic

Talishli, Farid - 2026

Informality remains a major structural challenge in the Kyrgyz Republic, constraining productivity, inclusive growth, revenue mobilization, and social protection. It reflects a combination of weak human capital, institutional shortcomings, fragmented tax regimes, labor market rigidities, and...

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Minimum Wages and the Informality Constraint

Lehr, Nils - 2026

How does informality shape the impact of minimum wage policy? We study this question using evidence from Mexico’s 145% real increase in the minimum wage since 2016, together with a general equilibrium model featuring endogenous informality and household heterogeneity. Reduced-form estimates of...

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From informal to formal : gendered labor market effects of foreign direct investment in Vietnam

Thi Kim Dung Dang; Lee, Changkeun; Park, David Sungho - 2026

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Life cycle wage growth in a developing economy : employment formality and sector-specific human capital accumulation

Hsu, Minchung; Leyton, Samuel - 2026

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Informal and care work and (just) transition in Myanmar

Aye Mon Mon Kyaw - 2026

Efforts to adapt to climate crisis and shift from fossil fuels toward low-carbon energy systems are essential in the face of global warming, yet these changes are generating uneven social and economic impacts and without deliberate safeguards, they risk exacerbating existing inequalities by...

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Adaptive governance of urban informality in the face of climate change : street vendor practices in Johannesburg, South Africa

Modiba, Mamokete; Khanyile, Samkelisiwe - 2026

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