Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Guillermo Javier Vuletin
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| Autore: |
Vuletin Guillermo Javier
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| Titolo: |
Measuring the Informal Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Guillermo Javier Vuletin
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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.: | 9910818880703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2008/102