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Structural transformation, openness, and productivity growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Karimu, Suale - 2019
panel data set of 41 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1991-2015. A dynamic panel model of cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161276
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What sustains informality? : a study of the interactions between formal- and informal-sector firms
Mishra, Ajit - 2021
We consider two vertical links between informal- and formal-sector firms and study their implications. In one case, the final products produced by the formal- and informal-sector firms are vertically differentiated in terms of quality, and the size of the informal sector demand is related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509881
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Informed participation : the effects of information treatment on panel non-response
Santos, Ricardo; Jones, Sam - 2021
This paper builds on a longitudinal school-to-work transition phone survey experiment to quantify the effects on attrition of communicating with participants. Specifically, we study the impact of sending topically relevant information on job market conditions via SMS at the start of each survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608519
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Aid supplies over time : accounting for heterogeneity, trends, and dynamics
Jones, Sam - 2011
error correction methods. Panel econometric techniques are employed that are consistent in the presence of parameter … trends in aid supplies are unlikely to provide a good guide to those of the future. -- foreign aid ; bilateral donors ; panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008809223
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Aid, taxes, and government spending : a heterogeneous co-integrated panel analysis
Tagem, Abrams M. E. - 2022
A substantial amount of aid to developing countries is given to the government, or goes through the budget, meaning it should have an impact on government fiscal behaviour (particularly on government spending). The few existing empirical studies on the effects of aid on government spending...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380683
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Towards sustainable livelihoods in the Tanzanian informal economy : facilitating inclusion, organization, and rights for street vendors
Steiler, Ilona; Nyirenda, Chediel - 2021
In spite of having some intensive national strategies to address poverty, Tanzania lacks a coherent national strategy to ensure sustainable livelihoods for those working in its informal economy, of which street vending is an important sector. Based on qualitative, in-depth data collected through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487935
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The COVID-19 crisis and the South African informal economy : a stalled recovery
Rogan, Michael; Skinner, Caroline - 2022
This paper seeks to identify the differentiated impacts of the crisis on specific groups of informal workers. The analysis draws on official nationally representative labour force surveys collected quarterly by South Africa's national statistical agency (Statistics South Africa). Based on an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191290
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Why do household businesses in Viet Nam stay informal?
Tran Thi Bich; Hai Anh La - 2018
Using unbalanced panel data from the small and medium enterprise surveys in Viet Nam in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 …, especially among the "upper" tiers of informal households. Our findings raise a suspicion of collusion corruption between … studies to investigate collusion corruption as a determinant of informality in developing countries. …
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Transforming informal work and livelihoods in China
Lin, Carl Shu-Ming; Ye, Linxiang; Zhang, Wei - 2020
The informal sector has long been viewed as a locus of the disadvantaged, unskilled, and inexperienced workers in under-developed and developing economies. Workers in the informal sector, however, can learn skills and gain experience that could help them switch to better-paying jobs in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012321066
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Informal employment or informal firms? : regulatory enforcement and the transformation of the informal sector
Jain, Sanjay - 2021
While there is general agreement that regulatory avoidance is an important part of firms' decisions to produce in the informal sector, there is much less agreement on how regulation and enforcement affect firms' decisions on, inter alia, which sector they locate in, their employment decisions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592251