What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries : The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth

This paper looks into institutional and other macro determinants of prevalence of informal dependent employment, as well as informal self-employment, in European countries, using European Social Survey data on work without legal contract in on 30 c...

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Main Author:	Hazans, Mihails
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY ADVERSE IMPACT ASSESSING LABOR MARKET AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGE BANKRUPTCY BARGAINING BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITAL STOCK CHECKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CREDIT CONSTRAINT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCOURAGED WORKERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EMPLOYMENT MODELS EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTRY BARRIER EXPORTS FAIR FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL BURDEN FORMAL LABOR MARKET GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPLICIT TAX INCOME INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INFLATION INFLATIONARY PRESSURE INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB SECURITY JOBS LABOR COST LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET IMPACT LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LEGAL ENVIRONMENT LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LOW TRUST MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COST OF PRODUCTION MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARKET WAGE MINIMUM WAGE MOTIVATION PASSIVE LABOR PENSION PENSION SYSTEM PRESENT VALUE PRICE CONTROLS PRICE STABILITY PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKET REGULATION PRODUCT MARKET REGULATIONS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION OUTPUT PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES REAL GDP REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RETURNS RIGID LABOR MARKET RULE OF LAW SCALE EFFECT SCALE EFFECTS SIDE EFFECTS SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS TAX TAX RATE TAX RATES TAXATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE UNION TRADE UNIONS TRAINING COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TURNOVER UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PERSON UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNION DENSITY UTILITY FUNCTIONS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION WAGE EFFECT WAGE EFFECTS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE LEVEL WAGE LEVELS WAGE RATE WAGES WEALTH WORKER WORKING CONDITIONS
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