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The nexus between unemployment rate and shadow economy: A comparative analysis of developed and developing countries using a simultaneous-equation model
Sahnoun, Marwa; Abdennadher, Chokri - 2019
This paper studies the effects and causal links between the shadow economy and the unemployment rate using a dynamic … simultaneous-equation panel data model for 38 developing and 40 developed countries over the 2000−2015 period. The analysis … suggests that there is a unidirectional and negative causality running from the unemployment rate to the shadow economy in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012000736
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Implausible large differences in the sizes of underground economies in highly developed European countries? : a comparison of different estimation methods
Schneider, Friedrich - 2017 - June 6, 2017 - revised version
In this paper, first, the MIMIC estimation method is described and criticized and due to a double counting problem a … their knowledge to calibrate the size of the shadow economy in firms, is presented, too. Third, a detailed comparison of the … four micro estimation methods with the MIMIC and the corrected MIMIC method are presented. One major result is that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663628
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Informality, public employment and employment protection in developing countries
Yassin, Shaimaa; Langot, François - 2017
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching model for developing countries' labor markets where the interaction between public, formal private and informal private sectors are taken into account. Theoretical analysis shows that gains from reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732030
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Informality, public employment and employment protection in developing countries
Langot, François; Yassin, Shaimaa - 2016
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching labor market model for developing countries where the interaction between public, formal and informal sectors is considered. Theoretical analysis shows that labor markets' liberalization reforms can be evicted by shifts in public employment. Since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622730
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Informality, Public Employment and Employment Protection in Developing Countries
Yassin, Shaimaa - 2017
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching model for developing countries' labor markets where the interaction between public, formal private and informal private sectors are taken into account. Theoretical analysis shows that gains from reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947125
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Informality, Public Employment and Employment Protection in Developing Countries
Yassin, Shaimaa; Langot, François - 2017
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching model for developing countries' labor markets where the interaction between public, formal private and informal private sectors are taken into account. Theoretical analysis shows that gains from reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744726
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Informality, Public Employment and Employment Protection in Developing Countries
Langot, Francois; Yassin, Shaimaa - 2016
This paper proposes an equilibrium matching labor market model for developing countries where the interaction between public, formal and informal sectors is considered. Theoretical analysis shows that labor markets' liberalization reforms can be evicted by shifts in public employment. Since the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957729
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Exploring legal and political-institutional determinants of the informal economy of Pakistan
Hayat, Rizwana; Rashid, Abdul - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-18
institutional factors in estimation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482843
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Shadow Economy as Moderator of National-Level Institutions : A Multi-Level Analysis of Technology Entrepreneurship in Developed and Developing Countries
Pathak, Saurav; Laplume, Andre; Castro de Oliveira, Emanuel - 2013
This paper examines the moderating influence of the size of a country’s shadow economy on the effects of national institutions on the likelihood that individuals will enter into technology entrepreneurship. Using multi-level study of 44 countries – 20 developing and 24 developed – and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014168517
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Tax losses due to shadow economy activities in OECD countries from 2011 to 2013 : a preliminary calculation
Schneider, Friedrich - 2015
In this short paper an attempt is undertaken to calculate the tax losses which result from shadow economy activities in a country. These calculations are done for the 28 EU countries, for 3 non-EU countries and for 2 other highly-developed OECD countries. The total tax losses over all 28...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405141