Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Guillermo Javier Vuletin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911149015903321
• Autore: Vuletin Guillermo Javier
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008
• ISBN: 9786612840579; 9781462301317; 1462301312; 9781451869637; 1451869630; 9781282840577; 1282840576; 9781451989311; 1451989318
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (31 p.)
• Collana: IMF Working Papers; IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/102
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetti: Taxation - Econometric models - Taxation - Latin America; Taxation - Econometric models - Taxation - Caribbean Area; Informal sector (Economics) - Latin America - Econometric models; Agribusiness; Agricultural economics; Agricultural industries; Agricultural sector; Agriculture: General; Currencies; Economics of specific sectors; Economics; Economics: General; Government and the Monetary System; Income economics; Informal Economy; Informal economy; Informal sector; Labor economics; Labor Economics: General; Labor; Labour; Macroeconomics; Monetary economics; Monetary Systems; Money and Monetary Policy; Money; Payment Systems; Public finance & taxation; Regimes; Standards; Tax administration and procedure; Tax incidence; Taxation; Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General; Underground Econom; income economics; Trinidad and Tobago
• 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; I. Introduction; II. Methods for Measuring the Size of the Informal Economy; III. Data; A. Cause Variables; B. Indicator Variables; IV. Empirical Results; A. Preliminary Evidence; B. MIMIC Estimation Results; C. Estimation of the Size of the Informal Economy; D. Relative Contribution of Each Cause Variable to the Size of the Informal Economy; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Appendix; Data Construction and Sources; Figures; 1. MIMIC Estimation Results, Model 1; 2. MIMIC Estimation Results, Model 2; 3. MIMIC Estimation Results, Model 3; 4. Estimated Size of the Informal Economy; 5. Caribbean: Contribution of Each Cause Variable to the Size of the Informal Economy Tables; 1. Size of the Informal Economy and VAT Tax Evasion; 2. Correlations Between Cause and Indicator Variables; 3. Estimated Size of Informal Economy: Standardized and Absolute Values; 4. Caribbean: Estimated Absolute Size of the Informal Economy Under Alternative Model Specifications; 5. Relative Contribution of Each Causal Variable to the Size of the Informal Economy
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.

Augustinus De Genesi ad litteram : Ein kooperativer Kommentar / Johannes Brachtendorf, Volker Drecoll

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911149492103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Paderborn, : Brill | Schöningh, 2021
• ISBN: 3-657-79128-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: Augustinus - Werk und Wirkung ; 13
• Disciplina: 189
• Soggetti: Kosmos; Patristik; Bible; exegesis; creation; cosmos; Patristics; Bibel; Exegese; Wortsinn; Schöpfung
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Vorwort / Johannes Brachtendorf and Volker H. Drecoll -- Einleitung / Johannes Brachtendorf -- Augustine Reading Genesis before De Genesi ad litteram / Michael Cameron -- De Genesi ad litteram - Die Textgrundlage. Hinweise zur Benutzung von CSEL 28 / Clemens Weidmann -- De Genesi ad litteram 1: Himmel und Erde, Licht und Finsternis - der erste Schöpfungstag / Johannes Brachtendorf -- De Genesi ad litteram 2: The Second, Third and Fourth Days of Creation / Gerald P. Boersma -- De Genesi ad litteram 3: Augustins Kommentierung des fünften und sechsten Schöpfungstages / Benjamin Gleede -- De Genesi ad litteram 4: The Days of Creation and God's Rest / Emmanuel Bermon -- De Genesi ad litteram 5: Erste Gründung und ; andauernde Verwaltung der Welt als zwei Aspekte des göttlichen Schöpfungshandelns / Charlotte Köckert -- De Genesi ad litteram 6: Formation of the Body of Man / Allan Fitzgerald OSA -- De Genesi ad litteram 7: Augustins quaestio de anima humana / Volker H. Drecoll -- De Genesi ad litteram 8: On Divine Communication and Providence / Anthony Dupont -- De Genesi ad litteram 9: The Creation of Eve / Susanna Elm -- De Genesi ad litteram 10: Der Ursprung der Einzelseelen / Xiaogang Yang -- De Genesi ad litteram 11: Genesis via the "Lens" of Paul / Jonathan P. Yates -- De Genesi ad litteram 12: Paul and the Vision of God / Matthew Drever -- Commenting on a Commentary: Modes of Reception of Augustine's Literal Commentary on Genesis / Karla Pollmann -- Genesis 1 und 2 bei Augustinus aus alttestamentlicher Perspektive / Walter Groß -- Autoren und Autorinnen -- Register der Bibelstellen -- Personenregister -- Sachregister.
• Sommario/riassunto: Augustins Werk De Genesi ad litteram ist das wichtigste Zeugnis christlicher Kosmologie in Antike und Mittelalter. Es wird hier erstmals umfassend interpretiert. Augustinus gibt eine detaillierte Interpretation des biblischen Schöpfungsberichtes (Genesis 1-3). Seine Auslegung in zwölf Büchern ist nicht allegorisch, sondern sie folgt dem Wortsinn. In Auseinandersetzung mit der platonischen Philosophie und mit älteren jüdischen und christlichen Autoren erklärt Augustinus den Ursprung und den Aufbau des Kosmos, die Beschaffenheit von Leib und Seele des Menschen sowie die Entstehung des Bösen. Am Ende steht ein Ausblick auf das ewige Glück des Menschen in der Schau Gottes. Eine internationale Gruppe von Fachleuten aus verschiedenen Disziplinen analysiert und kommentiert Augustins Werk Buch für Buch. Die Aufsätze sind teils in deutscher Sprache, teils in englischer Sprache verfasst.