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



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Autore: Vuletin Guillermo Javier Visualizza persona
Titolo: Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Guillermo Javier Vuletin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (31 p.)
Disciplina: 330
Soggetto topico: Taxation - Econometric models - Taxation - Latin America
Taxation - Econometric models - Taxation - Caribbean Area
Informal sector (Economics) - Latin America - Econometric models
Macroeconomics
Money and Monetary Policy
Taxation
Economics: General
Agribusiness
Informal Economy
Underground Econom
Labor Economics: General
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
Agriculture: General
Monetary Systems
Standards
Regimes
Government and the Monetary System
Payment Systems
Economics of specific sectors
Labour
income economics
Public finance & taxation
Agricultural economics
Monetary economics
Informal economy
Labor
Tax incidence
Agricultural sector
Currencies
Informal sector
Economics
Labor economics
Tax administration and procedure
Agricultural industries
Money
Soggetto geografico: Trinidad and Tobago
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4623-0131-2
9786612840579
1-4518-6963-0
1-282-84057-6
1-4519-8931-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788239203321
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Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2008/102