Informal employment in emerging and transition economies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Hartmut Lehmann, Konstantinos Tatsiramos

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, : Emerald, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 331
• Soggetto topico: Labor market - Developing countries; Informal sector (Economics) - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LehmannHartmut TatsiramosKonstantinos
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 REFORM ; INTRODUCTIONINFORMALITY 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 MODEL ; INTRODUCTIONWAGE 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; INTRODUCTION ; MEASUREMENTS 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; REFERENCES ; CHAPTER 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; REFERENCES
• Sommario/riassunto: Research 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Informal employment in emerging and transition economies
• ISBN: 1-280-39457-9; 9786613572493; 1-78052-787-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452143003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in labor economics ; ; v. 34.