Informality [[electronic resource] ] : exit and exclusion / / Guillermo E. Perry and William F. Maloney ; Omar S. Arias ... [et al.]

• Autore: Perry Guillermo
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : The World Bank, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetto topico: Informal sector (Economics); Small business
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MaloneyWilliam F <1959-> (William Francis)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview: Informality: Exit and Exclusion; Figures; Boxes; Chapter 1: The Informal Sector: What Is It, Why Do We Care, and How Do We Measure It?; Tables; Chapter 2: The Razón de Ser of the Informal Worker; Chapter 3: Informality, Earnings, and Welfare; Chapter 4: The Informal Labor Market in Motion: Dynamics, Cycles, and Trends; Chapter 5: Microfirm Dynamics and Informality; Chapter 6: Informality, Productivity, and the Firm; Chapter 7: Informality, Social Protection, and Antipoverty Policies ; Chapter 8: The Informal Sector and the State: Institutions, Inequality, and Social Norms
• Sommario/riassunto: Informality: Exit and Exclusion analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes and reasons for and implications of its growth. The authors use two distinct but complementary lenses: informality driven by ""exclusion"" from state benefits or the circuits of the modern economy, and driven by voluntary ""exit"" decisions resulting from private cost-benefit calculations that lead workers and firms to opt out of formal institutions. They find both lenses have considerable explanatory power to understand the causes and consequences of informality in the region. Informality: Exit and Ex
• Titolo autorizzato: Informality
• ISBN: 1-280-85783-8; 9786610857838; 0-8213-7093-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451630803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II