04955nam 2200697 a 450 991045214300332120200520144314.01-280-39457-997866135724931-78052-787-X(CKB)2550000000099680(EBL)1035081(OCoLC)792749286(SSID)ssj0000667856(PQKBManifestationID)11422239(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667856(PQKBWorkID)10686423(PQKB)11682038(MiAaPQ)EBC1035081(PPN)170255417(Au-PeEL)EBL1035081(CaPaEBR)ebr10559556(CaONFJC)MIL357249(EXLCZ)99255000000009968020120523d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInformal employment in emerging and transition economies[electronic resource] /edited by Hartmut Lehmann, Konstantinos Tatsiramos1st ed.Bingley Emerald20121 online resource (307 p.)Research in labor economics,0147-9121 ;v. 34Description based upon print version of record.1-78052-786-1 Includes bibliographical references.FRONT COVER; INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN EMERGING AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 TAX EVASION, MINIMUM WAGE NONCOMPLIANCE, AND INFORMALITY; INTRODUCTION; THE MODEL; TAX EVASION, MINIMUM WAGE NONCOMPLIANCE, AND INCIDENCE OF INFORMALITY; BINDING PARTICIPATION AND MINIMUM WAGE CONSTRAINT; OPTIMAL POLICIES FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION; OPTIMAL POLICIES FOR TAX COMPLIANCE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 THE EFFECT OF TAXATION ON INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE RUSSIAN FLAT TAX REFORMINTRODUCTIONINFORMALITY DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT; DESCRIPTION OF INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN RUSSIA; THE TAX REFORM; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 WHO BENEFITS FROM REDUCING THE COST OF FORMALITY? QUANTILE REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY ANALYSIS; INTRODUCTION; TAXES AND THE INFORMAL SECTOR; DATA AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; THE SIMPLES PROGRAM AND IDENTIFICATION STRATEGY; QUANTILE REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY; ECONOMETRIC RESULTS; CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 DETECTING WAGE UNDER-REPORTING USING A DOUBLE-HURDLE MODELINTRODUCTIONWAGE UNDER-REPORTING AND THE MINIMUM WAGE - AN UNDER-RESEARCHED AREA; THE MINIMUM WAGE AND THE WAGE DISTRIBUTION IN HUNGARY; THE DOUBLE-HURDLE MODEL; DATA; RESULTS OF THE DOUBLE-HURDLE MODEL; TESTING THE PREDICTIONS OF THE DH: RESPONSES TO THE INTRODUCTION OF A MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION BASE; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B: MINIMUM WAGE REGULATIONS IN HUNGARY; CHAPTER 5 DOES FORMAL WORK PAY? THE ROLE OF LABOR TAXATION AND SOCIAL BENEFIT DESIGN IN THE NEW EU MEMBER STATES; INTRODUCTIONMEASUREMENTS OF INFORMALITY AND DISINCENTIVES FOR FORMAL WORKDO DISINCENTIVES FOR FORMAL WORK MATTER?; CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 MIGRATION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR INFORMAL ACTIVITIES: EVIDENCE FROM TAJIKISTAN; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; MEASURING INFORMAL SECTOR/UNREPORTED ACTIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 THE PERSISTENCE OF INFORMALITY: EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA; INTRODUCTION; DATA; ECONOMETRIC FRAMEWORK; RESULTS; ROBUSTNESS CHECKS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCESCHAPTER 8 JOB SEPARATIONS AND INFORMALITY IN THE RUSSIAN LABOR MARKETINTRODUCTION; LINKING DISPLACEMENT, QUITS, AND SUBSEQUENT INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT; DATA SOURCES, MEASUREMENT ISSUES, AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; THE EMPIRICAL MODELS AND OUR RESEARCH APPROACH; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCESResearch in Labor Economics presents important new research in labor economics related particularly to worker well-being covering themes such as work and worker welfare, earnings distribution, skills, training, public policy, discrimination and migration.Research in labor economics ;v. 34.Labor marketDeveloping countriesInformal sector (Economics)Developing countriesDeveloping countriesEconomic policyElectronic books.Labor marketInformal sector (Economics)331Lehmann Hartmut78643Tatsiramos Konstantinos901502MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452143003321Informal employment in emerging and transition economies2113437UNINA