06075oam 22014174 450 991081888070332120200520144314.01-4623-0131-297866128405791-4518-6963-01-282-84057-61-4519-8931-8(CKB)3170000000055013(EBL)1605812(SSID)ssj0000944168(PQKBManifestationID)11595733(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000944168(PQKBWorkID)10983810(PQKB)11483809(OCoLC)815736367(MiAaPQ)EBC1605812(IMF)WPIEE2008102(IMF)WPIEA2008102(EXLCZ)99317000000005501320020129d2008 uf 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrMeasuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean /Guillermo Javier Vuletin1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2008.1 online resource (31 p.)IMF Working PapersIMF working paper ;WP/08/102Description based upon print version of record.1-4519-1417-2 Includes bibliographical references.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 Economy5. 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 EconomyThis 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.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2008/102TaxationEconometric modelsTaxationLatin AmericaTaxationEconometric modelsTaxationCaribbean AreaInformal sector (Economics)Latin AmericaEconometric modelsAgribusinessimfAgricultural economicsimfAgricultural industriesimfAgricultural sectorimfAgriculture: GeneralimfCurrenciesimfEconomics of specific sectorsimfEconomicsimfEconomics: GeneralimfGovernment and the Monetary SystemimfIncome economicsimfInformal EconomyimfInformal economyimfInformal sectorimfLabor economicsimfLabor Economics: GeneralimfLaborimfLabourimfMacroeconomicsimfMonetary economicsimfMonetary SystemsimfMoney and Monetary PolicyimfMoneyimfPayment SystemsimfPublic finance & taxationimfRegimesimfStandardsimfTax administration and procedureimfTax incidenceimfTaxationimfTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralimfUnderground EconomimfTrinidad and TobagoimfTaxationEconometric modelsTaxationTaxationEconometric modelsTaxationInformal sector (Economics)Econometric models.AgribusinessAgricultural economicsAgricultural industriesAgricultural sectorAgriculture: GeneralCurrenciesEconomics of specific sectorsEconomicsEconomics: GeneralGovernment and the Monetary SystemIncome economicsInformal EconomyInformal economyInformal sectorLabor economicsLabor Economics: GeneralLaborLabourMacroeconomicsMonetary economicsMonetary SystemsMoney and Monetary PolicyMoneyPayment SystemsPublic finance & taxationRegimesStandardsTax administration and procedureTax incidenceTaxationTaxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: GeneralUnderground Econom330Vuletin Guillermo Javier1683018DcWaIMFBOOK9910818880703321Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean4053516UNINA