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Inequality and welfare dynamics in the Russian Federation during 1994-2015
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Lokshin, Michael; Abanokova, Kseniya; … - 2018
into a market-oriented economy. This paper offers a comprehensive study of inequality and mobility patterns for Russia … findings show rising income levels and decreasing inequality, with the latter being mostly caused by pro-poor growth rather …, leading to less long-term inequality than short-term inequality. The analysis also finds that switching from a part-time job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002184
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Taxation and the shadow economy : how the tax system can stimulate and enforce the formalization of business activities
Awasthi, Rajul; Engelschalk, Michael - 2018
Cash transactions for goods and services in which no receipts are issued greatly increase the risk of tax evasion. Despite the availability of banking services and alternative payment, key sectors of the economy remain largely cash-based in almost all developing countries. This paper shows the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843838
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Dynamic Relationship between Corruption and Youth Unemployment : Empirical Evidences from a System GMM Approach
Bouzid, Bechir N. - 2016
This paper addresses the causal relationship between corruption and youth unemployment from two different perspectives …. The discussion starts by asking how the corruption practices within government institutions that encourage the payment of … controlling for various macroeconomic and institutional factors, the development of corruption practices tend to increase the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245665
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How Unfair is the Inequality of Wage Earnings in Russia? Estimates from Panel Data
Tiwari, Sailesh - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246117
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Informality, harassment, and corruption : evidence from informal enterprise data from Harare, Zimbabwe
Francis, David - 2019
New representative survey data for Harare, Zimbabwe are used to analyze the conditions under which informal businesses encounter requests for bribes. A simple model develops basic expectations of bribe exposure: those with higher opportunity costs of formalizing and with a higher ability to pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058971
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Casting a shadow : productivity of formal firms and informality
Amin, Mohammed; Ohnsorge, Franziska; Okou, Cedric - 2019
Using firm-level survey data for a large cross section of countries, the paper assesses the gap in labor productivity between formal and informal firms in developing countries for which comparable data are available. It also investigates the impact of competition from informal firms on the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012113717
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Study on Skills Development for the Informal Sector of the Nigerian Economy
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research - 2009
The problems of employment have become a central global concern in recent times. This makes nearly all the governments and development partners to be fully engaged in finding a lasting solution to the problems. In the past, development planning efforts were concentrated on the development of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247144
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How Deep Was the Impact of the Economic Crisis in Vietnam? : A Focus on the Informal Sector in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
Cling, Jean-Pierre - 2010
Vietnam is one of the only South East Asian emerging economies not to have gone into recession in 2009 in the wake of the world crisis. Nonetheless, it has been affected deeply by the crisis, as shown by all macro-economic indicators. The yearly growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247465
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Dynamics of the Informal Sector in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City 2007-2009 : Main Findings of the Household Business and Informal Sector Survey
Chi, Nguyen Huu - 2010
the second focuses on the micro dynamics drawn from the panel component. Transitions between formal and informal sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247466
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Is the Informal Sector Constrained from the Demand Side? : Evidence for Six West African Capitals
Bohme, Marcus - 2011
Employing a unique dataset that covers households from six West African capitals, this paper provides new evidence on the demand for informal sector products and services. Authors first investigate whether demand linkages exist between formal and informal products and distribution channels. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247813