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Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean /
This paper estimates the size of the informal economy for 32 mainly Latin American and Caribbean countries in the early 2000s. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we find that a stringent tax system and regulatory environment, higher inflation, and dominance of the agriculture sector are...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2008.
©2008 |
| Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/08/102. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This paper estimates the size of the informal economy for 32 mainly Latin American and Caribbean countries in the early 2000s. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we find that a stringent tax system and regulatory environment, higher inflation, and dominance of the agriculture sector are key factors in determining the size of the informal economy. The results also confirm that a higher degree of informality reduces labor unionization, the number of contributors to social security schemes, and enrollment rates in education. |
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| Notas: | Available in PDF, ePUB, and Mobi formats on the Internet. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (29 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1451914172 9781451914177 1282840576 9781282840577 |