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Inequality and informality

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Chong, Alberto
Gradstein, Mark

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Volume (Year): 91 (2007)
Issue (Month): 1-2 (February)
Pages: 159-179
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  1. Alberto Chong & José Galdo & Jaime Saavedra-Chanduví, 2007. "Informalidad y Productividad en el Mercado Laboral: Perú 1986-2001 (Informality and Productivity in the Labor Market: Peru 1986 - 2001)," RES Working Papers 4527, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  2. Bennett, John, 2009. "Informal Firms in Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Stepping Stone or Consolation Prize?," Working Papers UNU-WIDER Research Paper , World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER). [Downloadable!]
  3. Alberto Chong & José Galdo & Jaime Saavedra-Chanduví, 2007. "Informality and Productivity in the Labor Market: Peru 1986 - 2001," RES Working Papers 4526, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  4. Alberto Chong & Mark Gradstein, 2007. "Institutional Quality and Government Efficiency," RES Working Papers 4521, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  5. Roberto Dell'Anno & Adalgiso Amendola, 2008. "Istituzioni, Diseguaglianza ed Economia Sommersa: quale relazione?," Quaderni DSEMS 24-2008, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Matematiche e Statistiche, Universita' di Foggia. [Downloadable!]
  6. Norbert Fiess & Marco Fugazza, 2008. "Trade Liberalisation and Informality: New stylized facts," Working Papers 2008_34, Department of Economics, University of Glasgow. [Downloadable!]
  7. Zoe Kuehn, 2007. "Tax rates, governance, and the informal economy in high-income countries," Economics Working Papers we078551, Universidad Carlos III, Departamento de Economía. [Downloadable!]
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