Informality Revisited

Informality Revisited

The author develops a view of the informal sector in developing countries primarily as an unregulated micro-entrepreneurial sector and not as a disadvantaged residual of segmented labor markets. Drawing on recent work from Latin America, he offers...

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Main Author: Maloney, William
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
BANKING SYSTEM
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL PROJECTS
CHILD LABOR
DAY CARE
DECENTRALIZATION
DISCRIMINATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ELASTICITIES
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EXCHANGE RATE
FAMILIES
HEALTH CARE
HOUSING
INCOME
INCOME TAXES
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS
INFLATION
INSURANCE
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR LEGISLATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LEGISLATION
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MIGRATION
MINIMUM WAGES
MORTALITY
MOTHERS
OCCUPATIONS
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PENSIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOODS
PURCHASING POWER
RETIREMENT
RIGID WAGES
RISK TAKING
SAFETY
SAFETY NETS
SAVINGS
SECURITIES
SELF EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL SECURITY
STREAMS
TAX SYSTEMS
TRANSPORT
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBANIZATION
WAGES
WORKERS
YOUNG WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2128871/informality-revisited
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19181

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2128871/informality-revisited
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19181

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