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  1. Out of the shadow
    encouraging online registration of micro and small businesses through a randomized controlled trial
    Published: March 2021
    Publisher:  Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, [Canberra]

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    Series: Working papers in trade and development ; no. 2021, 05
    Subjects: business registration; micro and small enterprises; informal sector; randomized controlled trial; behavioural insights
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  2. Informal employment or informal firms?
    regulatory enforcement and the transformation of the informal sector
    Author: Jain, Sanjay
    Published: July 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    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... more

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    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, and whether to transition from one sector to another. In this paper, we focus on this set of questions: how does the regulatory regime affect these sectoral location decisions by firms? In particular, how are these decisions affected in environments where there are regulatory spillovers, so that each firm's decision, on whether to comply with applicable regulations, also carries implications for other firms? We construct a theoretical model that incorporates firms' decisions on their mode of production, encompassing not just the sector and level of production, but also the level of employment, and consider how these might be affected by varying degrees of regulatory spillovers in their operating environment. The main contribution of this research is to provide a clearer understanding of the interplay of regulation and its enforcement on the one hand, and firm decision-making about employment and output on the other, in a modelling environment where these issues are not dealt with in separate black boxes.

     

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    Subjects: informal sector; regulatory spillovers; informal employment
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  3. Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises
    empirical evidence from Nigeria
    Published: July 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    The lingering policy dilemma facing many governments in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years is what can be done in the short to medium term to boost the output and incomes of individuals and enterprises in the informal sector, given the size and... more

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    The lingering policy dilemma facing many governments in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years is what can be done in the short to medium term to boost the output and incomes of individuals and enterprises in the informal sector, given the size and persistence of the sector in the region. In this paper we examine the structural impact of access and usage of digital technology by informal enterprises on labour productivity. Using a sample of non-farm informal enterprises in Nigeria, we employ IV LASSO techniques to carry out our analysis. The structural parameters of our IV LASSO estimates show that labour productivity is significantly higher for enterprises that use digital technology than for non-users. Further analysis reveals that benefits arise more strongly in larger enterprises in the upper segment of the informal sector. Our findings have key implications for the ongoing discussion on the role of digital technology and government regulatory and policy frameworks for ICT in the region.

     

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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2021, 114
    Subjects: Informationstechnik; Kommunikationstechnik; Schattenwirtschaft; digital technologies; informal sector; productivity; IV LASSO; Nigeria
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  4. Trade and employment in the formal and informal sectors
    a natural experiment from Cambodia
    Published: [2020]
    Publisher:  Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO, Chiba, Japan

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    Series: IDE discussion paper ; no. 772
    Subjects: Trade; employment; informal sector; GSP; rules of origin; Cambodia
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  5. The gendered crisis
    livelihoods and mental well-being in India during COVID-19
    Published: April 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points post-pandemic relative... more

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    This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points post-pandemic relative to pre-pandemic, while their monthly earnings fell by 89 per cent relative to the baseline mean. In contrast, women did not experience any significant impact on employment post pandemic, as reported by their husbands. Second, we document very high levels of pandemic-induced mental stress, with wives reporting greater stress than husbands. Third, this gendered pattern in pandemic-induced mental stress is partly explained by men's employment losses, which affected wives more than husbands. In contrast, staying employed during the pandemic is associated with worse mental health for women and their (unemployed) husbands. Fourth, pre-existing social networks are associated with higher mental stress for women relative to men, possibly due to the 'home-based' nature of women's networks.

     

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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2021, 65
    Subjects: COVID-19; informal sector; employment; mental health; social networks; gender; India
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  6. What sustains informality?
    a study of the interactions between formal- and informal-sector firms
    Author: Mishra, Ajit
    Published: April 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    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... more

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    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 income distribution. Our paper studies the implications of this quality choice for the size of the informal sector. In the other case, the informal-sector firm produces an intermediate good as an input for the formal-sector firm. This has several possible implications for the growth of the informal sector in terms of both output and productivity.

     

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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2021, 71
    Subjects: informal sector; income distribution; demand; quality; inputs
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  7. The informal sector and the safety of female traders in Tanzania
    a reflection of practices, policies, and legislation
    Published: October 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    This paper assesses the participation of female traders, safety factors, and existing policies and legislation in the informal sector in Tanzania. Primary data were obtained from 11 indepth interviews, 10 focused group discussions, and 236 structured... more

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    This paper assesses the participation of female traders, safety factors, and existing policies and legislation in the informal sector in Tanzania. Primary data were obtained from 11 indepth interviews, 10 focused group discussions, and 236 structured questionnaires. The primary data were triangulated with secondary information from various reports, national policies, and relevant legislation. It was noted that female traders participate in various informal trades, including stone quarrying, selling accessories and ornaments, food vending, and cloth and garment making. However, they experience unfavourable trading conditions and limited access to finance and business development services. Despite the existence of national policies and legislation that address female traders in the informal sector, there is a gap between stated policies and legislation and actual practices. The recommendation includes better trading premises with proper sanitation and easier access to financial services, upgraded business skills, and business development services to ensure sustainable incomes and productive employment in the informal sector.

     

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    Subjects: informal sector; female traders; Tanzania
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  8. Writing and Re-Writing History by Destruction
    Proceedings of the Annual Minerva Center RIAB Conference, Leipzig, 2018. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times III
    Contributor: Berlejung, Angelika (HerausgeberIn); Maʾir, Aharon (HerausgeberIn); Oshima, Takayoshi (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen

    Der Kongressband des Minerva-Zentrums »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« bündelt die Vorträge, die bei der Konferenz des Zentrums in Leipzig 2018 zum Thema des Schreibens und Umschreibens von Geschichte durch gezielte Zerstörungen in der... more

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    Der Kongressband des Minerva-Zentrums »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« bündelt die Vorträge, die bei der Konferenz des Zentrums in Leipzig 2018 zum Thema des Schreibens und Umschreibens von Geschichte durch gezielte Zerstörungen in der Region Syrien-Palästina-Mesopotamien gehalten wurden. Eine internationale Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern untersuchte das Thema aus einem multiperspektivischen und interdisziplinären Ansatz heraus: Archäologische Studien, Altorientalistik und Bibelwissenschaften konzentrierten sich auf die Zerstörungen antiker Stätten in Israel und Juda im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Die Perspektive der besiegten Israeliten, Jerusalemer und Judäer wird in den Schriften des Alten Testaments und in der nachbiblischen Literatur ausführlich dargestellt und zeigt, dass die Zerstörungen der Vergangenheit ein Kultur- und Identitätsstifter ersten Ranges waren. Die longue durée der Praxis, durch die gezielte Zerstörung des kulturellen Erbes die Vergangenheit neu zu gestalten, um die Gegenwart nach aktuellen Interessen zu gestalten, wird anhand der Praxis des neuassyrischen Reichs bis in die Neuzeit hinein greifbar und am Beispiel der arabisch-muslimischen Eroberung von »Aramäa« sowie der gegenwärtigen türkischen Politik ausgeführt.InhaltsübersichtAngelika Berlejung/Aren Maeir: Introduction I. Re-Writing History by Destruction: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah Amihai Mazar: Destruction Events: Their Identification, Causes, and Aftermath. Some Test Cases – Assaf Kleiman: Living on the Ruins: The Case of Stratum XII/XI at Hazor – Igor Kreimerman: Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar II, and the Residents of Lachish: An Examination of Decision-Making from Conquest to Destruction – Omer Sergi: Rewriting History Through Destruction: The Case of Tel Reḥov and the Hebrew Bible II. Reflections on Destruction and Loss in Prophetic, Poetic, and Post-Biblical Literature Bob Becking: Echoes in Time: The Perception of Jehoiachin's Amnesty in Past and Present (2 Kings 25:27–30) – David G. Garber: The Trace of Inter-Generational Trauma in the Composition History of Ezekiel – Friedhelm Hartenstein: The End of Judah and the Persistence of Cosmic Order: Understanding History in the Light of Creation in Psalms and Prophetic Books – Yigal Levin: Persian-Period Jerusalem in the Shadow of Destruction – Hillel Mali: From Ritual to the Story of Ritual: The Influence of the Destruction of the Temple on Ritual Writing of the First Century CE III. Circumnavigating History: Isaiah's Response to the Temple Destruction J. Todd Hibbard: Does Isaiah Implicate the Temple in His Pronouncements of Judgment Against Jerusalem? – Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Continuity of Worship: The Portrayal of the Temple and Its Cult in Isaiah 40–55 – Clemens Schneider: Destruction and Desert Transformation in Isaiah 43:14–21 – Nathan Macdonald: The Terminology of the Cult in Isaiah 56–66 – Judith Gärtner: »The Dwelling Place of Your Holiness« (Isa 63:15): On the Meaning of Temple Theology in Trito-Isaiah IV. Re-Writing History by Destruction in Assyria Natalie N. May: The Destruction of the Assyrian Capitals – Hanspeter Schaudig: »Uprooting«: A Visual Element of Assyrian Imperialistic Propaganda V. Re-Writing History by Destruction of Heritage Witold Witakowski: The Arameans/Syriacs During the First Three Centuries of the Muslim Rule – Tessa Hofmann: The Treatment of Christian Denominations in the Republic of Turkey This volume combines the papers held at the Minerva Center's »Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times« conference (Leipzig 2018) on the subject of writing and re-writing history by deliberate destruction in the regions of Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. An international group of scholars studies the subject using a multi-perspective and interdisciplinary approach. Archeological studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, and biblical studies focused on the destruction of ancient sites in Israel and Judah in the 1st millennium BC. The perspective of the defeated Israelites, Jerusalemites, and Judeans is described in detail in the Old Testament and in postbiblical literature and shows that the destructions in the past were a cultural and identity creator of the first magnitude. The longue durée of the practice of reshaping the past through the deliberate destruction of a cultural heritage in order to shape the present according to current interests becomes evident based on the Neo-Assyrian Empire's practice up to the modern era and is demonstrated by the example of the Arabian-Muslim conquest of Aram as well as current Turkish politics.Survey of contentsAngelika Berlejung/Aren Maeir: Introduction I. Re-Writing History by Destruction: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah Amihai Mazar: Destruction Events: Their Identification, Causes, and Aftermath. Some Test Cases – Assaf Kleiman: Living on the Ruins: The Case of Stratum XII/XI at Hazor – Igor Kreimerman: Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar II, and the Residents of Lachish: An Examination of Decision-Making from Conquest to Destruction – Omer Sergi: Rewriting History Through Destruction: The Case of Tel Reḥov and the Hebrew Bible II. Reflections on Destruction and Loss in Prophetic, Poetic, and Post-Biblical Literature Bob Becking: Echoes in Time: The Perception of Jehoiachin's Amnesty in Past and Present (2 Kings 25:27–30) – David G. Garber: The Trace of Inter-Generational Trauma in the Composition History of Ezekiel – Friedhelm Hartenstein: The End of Judah and the Persistence of Cosmic Order: Understanding History in the Light of Creation in Psalms and Prophetic Books – Yigal Levin: Persian-Period Jerusalem in the Shadow of Destruction – Hillel Mali: From Ritual to the Story of Ritual: The Influence of the Destruction of the Temple on Ritual Writing of the First Century CE III. Circumnavigating History: Isaiah's Response to the Temple Destruction J. Todd Hibbard: Does Isaiah Implicate the Temple in His Pronouncements of Judgment Against Jerusalem? – Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Continuity of Worship: The Portrayal of the Temple and Its Cult in Isaiah 40–55 – Clemens Schneider: Destruction and Desert Transformation in Isaiah 43:14–21 – Nathan Macdonald: The Terminology of the Cult in Isaiah 56–66 – Judith Gärtner: »The Dwelling Place of Your Holiness« (Isa 63:15): On the Meaning of Temple Theology in Trito-Isaiah IV. Re-Writing History by Destruction in Assyria Natalie N. May: The Destruction of the Assyrian Capitals – Hanspeter Schaudig: »Uprooting«: A Visual Element of Assyrian Imperialistic Propaganda V. Re-Writing History by Destruction of Heritage Witold Witakowski: The Arameans/Syriacs During the First Three Centuries of the Muslim Rule – Tessa Hofmann: The Treatment of Christian Denominations in the Republic of Turkey

     

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    Series: Orientalische Religionen in der Antike ; 45
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    Subjects: informal sector; social image; Reden; intercultural networks; epistolary authorship; Orientalische Religionen in der Antike; Historiography; History of Biblical events; Conference papers and proceedings; History; forward-looking voters; Cultural heritage; reshaping collective memory; history of the Ancient Near East; destruction of identity; Altes Testament; Antike Religionsgeschichte; Altorientalistik; Ägyptologie; Alte Geschichte; Array
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  9. The gender productivity gap
    evidence from the Indian informal sector
    Published: December 2021
    Publisher:  United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, Finland

    We examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal enterprises in India. Female-owned firms are on average 45 per cent less productive than male-owned firms, with the clearest... more

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    We examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal enterprises in India. Female-owned firms are on average 45 per cent less productive than male-owned firms, with the clearest productivity gaps observed at the lower end of the productivity distribution. Using decomposition methods, we find that about 73 per cent of the productivity gap can be explained by structural effect, with the remainder being due to differences in observable characteristics as captured by composition effect. We also find that among observable characteristics, the most important contributing factors explaining the gender productivity gap are firm characteristics, such as firm size, age of the firm, assistance from the government, registration with state authorities, working on a contract basis, and maintaining accounts. Male-owned firms are more advantaged in these characteristics than female-owned firms.

     

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    Series: WIDER working paper ; 2021, 183
    Subjects: gender; productivity gap; India; decomposition methods; informal sector
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  10. Productivity, non-compliance and the minimum wage
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  UCD School of Economics, University College Dublin, Dublin

    Many informal firms in developing countries would not be viable if they were to comply with the minimum wage law. This means the authorities have an incentive to turn a blind eye to nonenforcement in a substantial share of firms. We also survey... more

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    Many informal firms in developing countries would not be viable if they were to comply with the minimum wage law. This means the authorities have an incentive to turn a blind eye to nonenforcement in a substantial share of firms. We also survey enforcement mechanisms for the minimum wage across developing countries and find that worker complaints are an important element in determining whether firms will be inspected for non-compliance or not. We develop a theoretical monopsony model which rationalises the stylised facts we observe. For a given minimum wage, the government can choose a level of enforcement and penalties for non-compliance such that employment will not fall for any optimising firm, irrespective of their productivity. Low productivity firm's optimal choice of employment and wage will be unaffected by the introduction of the minimum wage. High productivity firms comply so that wage and employment effects are non-negative for these firms.

     

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    Subjects: Minimum wage; productivity; non-compliance; informal sector; firms
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  11. Vicious circle or new paradigm?
    exploring the impact of shadow economy on labour market in Latin America and Eurozone
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen

    The relationship between shadow economy (or informal economy) and development has been extensively researched. But there is a lack of consensus on how institutional quality affects the size of informal economy in any country. Using the Kuznets Curve... more

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    The relationship between shadow economy (or informal economy) and development has been extensively researched. But there is a lack of consensus on how institutional quality affects the size of informal economy in any country. Using the Kuznets Curve hypothesis we assess the relationship between institutional quality and the size of SE for a group of Latin American and Eurozone countries for 1991-2015. We examine the rationale of the 'exclusion' and 'escape' theories in short and long-run with the multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) model. We use two techniques, namely an instrumental variable (IV) and Fully Modified OLS (FMOLS) approach. The results show positive and a significant relationship between labour productivity and the size of the shadow economy. We also find that the size of the informal sector is related to the institutional framework, and while the size of the informal sector varies across countries, both formal and informal sectors can co-exist in the long run. High corruption together with an excessive tax burden and adverse socio-economic conditions impact the size of the informal sector in an economy.

     

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    Subjects: Shadow Economy; informal sector; development; cointegration; causality
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  12. Staying afloat in the milk business
    borrowing and selling on credit among informal milk vendors in Nairobi
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA

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    Subjects: credit; microenterprises; gender; agricultural value chains; informal sector; qualitative methods
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  13. Keeping the best of two worlds
    linking CGE and microsimulation models for policy analysis
    Published: July 2023
    Publisher:  [Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex], [Colchester, Essex, UK]

    In this paper, we link a CGE model with the tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD for Latvia. The model linkage is done using an iterative top-down bottomup approach, ensuring the convergence of changes in disposable income, employment and wage... more

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    In this paper, we link a CGE model with the tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD for Latvia. The model linkage is done using an iterative top-down bottomup approach, ensuring the convergence of changes in disposable income, employment and wage in both models. We also incorporate the unreported wage payments in CGE and EUROMOD to account for the substantial labour tax non-compliance in Latvia and improve the modelling of the fiscal sector. Several simulations demonstrate the advantages of the joint CGE-EUROMOD system over the individual macro and microsimulation models. The lack of income distribution aspect and the scarcity of fiscal instruments in CGE can be overcome by the features of EUROMOD. The CGE model, on the other hand, provides macroeconomic spillovers that are missing in the simulations of EUROMOD.

     

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    Subjects: EUROMOD; CGE model; model linkage; informal sector
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  14. Measurement and mirage
    the informal sector revisited
    Author: Gallien, Max
    Published: January 2024
    Publisher:  Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom

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    Series: IDS working paper ; volume 2024, number 599
    Subjects: Schattenwirtschaft; Konzeption; Operationalisierung; Informality; informal sector; measurement; formalisation
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  15. Gendering the informal tourism sector toward inclusive and sustainable growth
    the case study of Boracay Island
    Published: December 2023
    Publisher:  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Quezon City, Philippines

    Boracay Island, Malay is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Philippines. Over the years, its sustained growth as a top tourist destination has been substantially supported by the island's informal tourism sector-that is primarily... more

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    Boracay Island, Malay is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Philippines. Over the years, its sustained growth as a top tourist destination has been substantially supported by the island's informal tourism sector-that is primarily women dominated. While tourism products and services are provided by both men and women, differences are observed in their occupational choices and the options made available for them. For this reason, concerns about the sustainability of tourism development vis-à-vis gender inclusivity have been raised. In an attempt to bridge this gap, this study investigated the involvement of women in the informal tourism of Boracay Island. This study specifically looked into their working conditions, the challenges and issues they face, along with the national policies that govern and regulate their participation in the informal economy. By utilizing the Women's Economic Empowerment Framework, the macro, meso, and micro dimensions of women's involvement in the informal tourism economy was analyzed. To do so, the authors conducted key informant interviews in three phases: first, with members of the local government units (LGUs) of the Municipality of Malay and the Boracay Island; second, with women informal workers serving in the food and beverages, souvenirs, excursions, and services sector in the Boracay Island; finally, with experts in tourism and informal economy at the national level. Findings of the study suggest that informal workers in the Island are organized, recognized, and registered under the LGU. Despite attempts to facilitate their transition to the formal economies, these women workers were found to prefer to operate under the informal economy for two reasons: first, their educational background which forces them to engage in informal work to help provide for their families; second, their personal choice to engage in informal work given the flexible and convenient work arrangements it offers them. For these workers, concerns about their dependence to the seasonality of tourism activities prevailed. Policy recommendations are outlined to provide a better understanding of women's involvement in the informal economies in Boracay Island.

     

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    Series: Discussion paper series / Philippine Institute for Development Studies ; no. 2023, 35 (December 2023)
    Subjects: tourism; informal sector; gender and development; value chain analysis; inclusive growth
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  16. Does competition from the informal sector reduce tax compliance in the formal sector?
    evidence from Ethiopia
    Published: July 2023
    Publisher:  The International Centre for Tax and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK

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    Subjects: informal sector; competition; formal businesses; tax compliance; Ethiopia
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  17. Allocative efficiency between and within the formal and informal manufacturing sector in Zimbabwe?
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    Publisher:  SALDRU, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, Cape Town, South Africa

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    Series: Working paper series / SALDRU, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit ; number 302
    Subjects: Misallocation; total factor productivity; informal sector
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  18. Digitalisation, governance and the informal sector
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    Publisher:  Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO, Chiba, Japan

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    Series: IDE discussion paper ; no. 898
    Subjects: Digitalisation; governance; informal sector; judiciary system
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  19. The role of informality in moderating the impact of adverse macroeconomic shocks
    Published: July 2023
    Publisher:  CESifo, Munich, Germany

    This paper provides a simple demonstration of an empirical observation pointed out by the existing literature that the presence of informality in the production sector of an economy moderates the impact of economic shocks affecting it. We show that... more

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    This paper provides a simple demonstration of an empirical observation pointed out by the existing literature that the presence of informality in the production sector of an economy moderates the impact of economic shocks affecting it. We show that in the presence of informality, adverse demand shocks have a lower impact on aggregate output and adverse supply shocks have a lower impact on prices as well as output. Both would imply that countries without having substantial informal sector, largely more affluent nations, would be exposed more to higher prices following such shocks. This is consistent with contemporary evidence of stagflation in developed countries. Being the residual sector, the informal sector inevitably moves in the opposite direction to the formal sector during a bad shock episode, cushioning its aggregate effect. We then show that the argument goes through if the firms have to finance their working capital requirements by borrowing from the market.

     

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    Series: CESifo working papers ; 10586 (2023)
    Subjects: informal sector; macroeconomic shocks; stagflation
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  20. Industry and the urge to cluster
    a study of the informal sector in India
    Author: Mukim, Megha
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  SERC, London

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    Series: SERC discussion paper ; 72
    Subjects: agglomeration economies; informal sector; location choice
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  21. Informal employment in Bangladesh
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines

    The paper developed a methodology for classifying workers into formal and informal employment using the 2005 Bangladesh Labor Force Survey (LFS). Although the 2005 LFS was not designed to collect data for this purpose, it included questions that can... more

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    The paper developed a methodology for classifying workers into formal and informal employment using the 2005 Bangladesh Labor Force Survey (LFS). Although the 2005 LFS was not designed to collect data for this purpose, it included questions that can be used to determine whether workers are engaged in formal or informal employment. However, the process of identifying the combination of questions that could distinguish between formal and informal workers was hampered by data inconsistencies that were probably brought about by limitations in data processing and validation. Because 3 years have already passed since data processing was done, the most workable approach was to determine which workers are under formal employment, and to assume that the remaining workers are engaged informally. Results show that 87.71% of the workers in Bangladesh are under informal employment. The highest concentration of informal workers is found in the rural areas (92%). Workers engaged in informal employment are mostly in agriculture; hunting and forestry; wholesale and retail trade; manufacturing; and transport, storage, and communications sectors. On the other hand, formal workers are primarily employed by the government. Women (91.3%) are most likely to be engaged in informal employment than men (86.6%); and women are generally unpaid family workers and in the private household sector. Workers under formal employment are paid better than those under informal arrangements. For each sector, wage differentials between formal and informal workers are significant. Informal workers are found to have significantly less benefits than those with formal employment, except for free meals and free lodging. In particular, self-employed and unpaid workers comprise a little over 20 million of informal workers, although less than 2 million of them enjoy benefits.

     

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    Series: ADB economics working paper series / Asian Development Bank ; 155
    Subjects: Erwerbstätigkeit; Informelle Wirtschaft; Bangladesch; Bangladesh; informal employment; informal sector; gender analysis; wage differentials
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  22. Informal employment in Indonesia
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines

    The paper attempted to use the February 2007 round of Indonesia's National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) for a comparative analysis of wages and benefits of formal and informal workers. While Sakernas was not designed for this purpose, the study... more

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    The paper attempted to use the February 2007 round of Indonesia's National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) for a comparative analysis of wages and benefits of formal and informal workers. While Sakernas was not designed for this purpose, the study explored questions in the existing survey that can be used to distinguish formal and informal workers. Because of data limitation, workers were classified as employed informally or "mixed" - a category composed of workers who cannot be identified, with precision, to be engaged in either formal or informal employment. Given this constraint, informal employment was estimated at the minimum to be at 29.1% of total employment in Indonesia. Informal employment is also highly concentrated in rural areas and is prevalent in agriculture and construction sectors. More women are likely to be informally employed than men, and women generally receive lower pay and are mostly unpaid family workers. To the extent possible the study was able to examine informal employment in Indonesia and to identify the gaps in the Sakernas questionnaire that can be addressed in future rounds of the survey for a successful comparative analysis between formal and informal workers.

     

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    Series: ADB economics working paper series / Asian Development Bank ; 156
    Subjects: Erwerbstätigkeit; Informelle Wirtschaft; Indonesien; Indonesia; informal employment; informal sector; gender analysis; wage differentials
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  23. Surveys of informal sector enterprises
    some measurement issues
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines

    The informal sector represents an important part of the economy and the labor market in many countries, especially developing countries. Measurements of the informal sector are of intrinsic interest in their own right and contribute toward exhaustive... more

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    The informal sector represents an important part of the economy and the labor market in many countries, especially developing countries. Measurements of the informal sector are of intrinsic interest in their own right and contribute toward exhaustive measures of gross domestic product (GDP). Considering that the informal sector provides employment for income creation to a large number of poor and contributes significantly to the GDP of many developing countries, collecting statistics through surveys for accurate measurement of output, net surplus, and value added is critical for national accountants, other users, and for researchers working on policy-related issues. As most of the informal sector enterprises do not maintain business accounts, the survey responses depend highly on the recall by the respondent and the skills of the interviewer. Thus, a very important aspect of the surveys of informal sector enterprises is the design of the survey questionnaire and the details to be captured in data collection in order to accurately measure the characteristics of these enterprises. The details sought in the survey questionnaire have implications on the accuracy of data and hence in the measurement of expenditure, receipts, profits, and gross value added (GVA) of these enterprises. In this paper we examine the differences in the measures of: (i) profits of an enterprise derived from a detailed set of questions on incomes and expenses, versus profits obtained through a single direct question; and (ii) GVA obtained using the production approach as the difference of output and intermediate consumption from a detailed set of questions on incomes and expenses, versus GVA using the income approach by asking a few questions on factor incomes, and a single direct question on profits. We use data from the 56th round survey of unorganized manufacturing conducted by the National Sample Survey Organization of India during the period July 2000-June 2001. We also examine if the differences vary with the characteristics of the enterprises, and suggest further empirical research to develop suitable tools for providing accurate measurements of informal sector enterprises.

     

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    Series: ADB economics working paper series ; 183
    Subjects: informal sector; informal sector enterprises; measurement of GDP; survey questionnaires; enterprise profits
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  24. The contribution of the microfinance model to Bosnia's post-war reconstruction and development
    how to destroy an economy and society without really trying
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  ÖFSE, Wien

    Academic analyses and impact evaluation studies produced by the international development community almost all conclude that the microfinance model has made an important net contribution to the economic and social recovery of post-war Bosnia and... more

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    Academic analyses and impact evaluation studies produced by the international development community almost all conclude that the microfinance model has made an important net contribution to the economic and social recovery of post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter Bosnia). However, as we now are finding is also the case in many other countries, these far-reaching claims are almost entirely based upon often deliberately flawed impact evaluation methodologies and inappropriate success criteria. This article provides an alternative assessment of the available evidence accumulated to date which, in our opinion, actually shows that the microfinance model has made a distinctly negative contribution to Bosnia's reconstruction and development effort. We argue, centrally, that the microfinance model has assisted the Bosnian economy to move to an unsustainable institutional development trajectory marked by the deindustrialisation, informalisation and infantilisation of the enterprise sector. More widely, we argue that the microfinance model in Bosnia has led to a sub-prime-style episode in Bosnia's post-war history, one that has materially benefitted a tiny elite working within and around the microfinance sector whilst simultaneously destroying many of the most important pillars of the Bosnian economy and society. We find that the best possible explanatory framework for what has transpired in postwar Bosnia is contained in the "control fraud" concept developed by William Black.

     

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    Series: Working paper / ÖFSE, Österreichische Forschungsstiftung für Internationale Entwicklung ; 36
    Subjects: Mikrofinanzierung; Deindustrialisierung; Informelle Wirtschaft; Deregulierung; Systemtransformation; Bosnien-Herzegowina; microfinance; neoliberalism; Bosnia; deindustrialization; informal sector; control fraud
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  25. The impact of the energy-induced EU recession on Sub-Saharan Africa
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V., Mannheim

    Abstract: The EU is one of the three largest economies in the world. But its economy, which is still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative effects of the Russian war in Ukraine, faces a bleak outlook. Inflation, or even stagflation,... more

     

    Abstract: The EU is one of the three largest economies in the world. But its economy, which is still suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative effects of the Russian war in Ukraine, faces a bleak outlook. Inflation, or even stagflation, is a major concern as it reflects cost pressures from disrupted supply chains and tight labor markets. The war in Ukraine could also lead to a sustained stop in European gas supplies from Russia. Fitch Ratings therefore forecast the likelihood of a technical recession in the euro zone due to ongoing gas rationing. Apparently the EU is at the mercy of two unpredictable powers, Putin and the weather. China is also affected by global imbalances, and when China coughs, Europe catches the flu. However, the risks are greatest in sub-Saharan Africa. Its global growth spillovers come mainly from the EU and the BRICS countries. In addition to its strong demographic growth, the continent is already suffering from climate change, including prolonged droughts

     

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