Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/125276 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 59 [Publisher:] Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2014
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In developing and transition economies as much as half the labor force works in the informal sector. Informal firms congest infrastructure and other public services but do not contribute to financing them. Informal workers are unprotected against such negative shocks as ill-health. Reducing informality requires better enforcement, more reasonable regulation, and economic growth.
Subjects: 
informality
shadow economy
mobility
exclusion
JEL: 
J46
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Document Type: 
Article

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