IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3151

Is There an Informal Employment Wage Penalty? Evidence from South Africa

Eliane El Badaoui, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2008, 56 (3), 683–710

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3038

Comparative Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics Using Markov Processes: An Application to Informality

Mariano Bosch, William F. Maloney

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (4), 621-631

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2970

The Determinants of Rising Informality in Brazil: Evidence from Gross Worker Flows

Mariano Bosch, Edwin Goni Pacchioni, William F. Maloney

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2950

Informality as a Stepping Stone: Entrepreneurial Entry in a Developing Economy

John Bennett, Saul Estrin

published as 'Informal firms in developing countries: entrepreneurial stepping stone or consolation prize?' in Small Business Economics, 2010, 34 (1), 53-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2934

Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, Christopher Woodruff

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (4), 1329-1372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2921

An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to a Continuum of Comparison Groups

Hugo R. Nopo

published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (2), 292-296

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2843

Electoral Accountability and Corruption in Local Governments: Evidence from Audit Reports

Claudio Ferraz, Frederico S. Finan

published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (4), 1274-1311

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2836

Exposing Corrupt Politicians: The Effects of Brazil’s Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes

Claudio Ferraz, Frederico S. Finan

published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123 (2), 703-745

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2742

Labor Retrenchment Laws and their Effect on Wages and Employment: A Theoretical Investigation

Kaushik Basu, Gary S. Fields, Shub Debgupta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2563

Shadow Economy, Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel Analysis

Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2541

The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy

Benno Torgler, Friedrich Schneider

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2009, 30 (2), 228-245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2349

Competitive and Segmented Informal Labor Markets

Isabel GÃ¼nther, Andrey Launov

revised version published as 'Informal employment in developing countries: Opportunity or last resort?' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97 (1), 88-98

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2315

Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: What Do We Really Know?

Friedrich Schneider

published in: Economies: The Open-Access, Open-Assesment E-Journal, 2007, 1

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2313

Lobbying, Corruption and Political Influence

Nauro F. Campos, Francesco Giovannoni

published in: Public Choice, 2007, 131 (1), 1-21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2141

The Effects of Labor Market Policies in an Economy with an Informal Sector

James Albrecht, Lucas Navarro, Susan Vroman

published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (539), 1105 - 1129