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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827021003321

Autore

Perry Guillermo

Titolo

Informality : : exit and exclusion / / Guillermo E. Perry ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2007

ISBN

1-280-85783-8

9786610857838

0-8213-7093-6

Descrizione fisica

xv, 248 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Collana

World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies

Altri autori (Persone)

MaloneyWilliam F <1959-> (William Francis)

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Informal sector (Economics)

Small business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview: Informality: Exit and Exclusion; Figures; Boxes; Chapter 1: The Informal Sector: What Is It, Why Do We Care, and How Do We Measure It?; Tables; Chapter 2: The RazoĢn de Ser of the Informal Worker; Chapter 3: Informality, Earnings, and Welfare; Chapter 4: The Informal Labor Market in Motion: Dynamics, Cycles, and Trends; Chapter 5: Microfirm Dynamics and Informality; Chapter 6: Informality, Productivity, and the Firm; Chapter 7: Informality, Social Protection, and Antipoverty Policies

Chapter 8: The Informal Sector and the State: Institutions, Inequality, and Social Norms

Sommario/riassunto

Informality: Exit and Exclusion analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes and reasons for and implications of its growth. The authors use two distinct but complementary lenses: informality driven by ""exclusion"" from state benefits or the circuits of the modern economy, and driven by voluntary ""exit"" decisions resulting from private cost-benefit calculations that lead workers and firms to opt out of formal institutions. They find both lenses have considerable explanatory power to understand the causes and consequences of informality in the region. Informality: Exit and Ex