Informality : exit and exclusion

Informality : exit and exclusion / Guillermo E. Perry [and others].

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, a...

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Main Author: Perry, Guillermo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2007.
Series:World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies.
Subjects:
Informal sector (Economics)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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. Informal
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 248 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780821370933
0821370936
9780821370926
0821370928
1280857838
9781280857836
9786610857838
6610857830
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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