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Informal sector in the National Capital Region
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The article was published on 1989-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Financial capital & Economic sector.read more
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Lurking in the shadows: the informal sector and government policy
Jane E. Ihrig,Karine S. Moe +1 more
TL;DR: The authors developed a dynamic model that sheds light on the evolution of the informal sector and showed how tax rates and enforcement policies influence the size of this sector, and how the sector naturally declines as an economy transitions towards steady state.
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Environmental Regulation, Pollution and the Informal Economy
Ummad Mazhar,Ceyhun Elgin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a multivariate framework that controls for the influence of important factors and an index of perceived stringency of environmental regulation and found that stringent environmental regulation reduces pollution and increases the size of the informal economy.
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The Dynamics of Informal Employment
Karine S. Moe,Jane E. Ihrig +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use a dynamic model that includes an informal sector, illustrates the natural dynamics of the sector, describes how tax policy affects its size, and quantifies the costs of having it.