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Does the underground economy hold back;financial deepening? Evidence from the Italian credit market [L'economia sommersa Š un freno per lo sviluppo finanziario? Evidenze dai mercati locali del credito in Italia]

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  • Giorgio GOBBI

    (Banca d'Italia, Servizio Studi di Struttura Economica e Finanziaria)

  • Roberta ZIZZA

    (Banca d'Italia, Servizio Studi di Struttura Economica e Finanziaria)

Abstract

The paper investigates the relationship between underground activities and financial deepening. We find a strong negative impact of the share of irregular employment on outstanding credit to the private sector. A shift of 1 per cent of employees from regular activities to irregular ones corresponds to a decline of 1-2 percentage points in lending and of 0.3 percentage points in outstanding credit to households, both expressed as ratios to GDP. By analysing the 2002 regularisation programme for immigrant workers, we also find that irregular labour has a negative effect on banks' decisions entry into local credit markets. [Il lavoro studia la relazione tra economia sommersa e sviluppo del sistema finanziario. I risultati indicano che la diffusione del lavoro irregolare ha un impatto negativo molto forte sul credito al settore privato. Uno spostamento di un punto percentuale della quota di occupati da attivita' regolari al sommerso corrisponde a un calo dei prestiti in rapporto al valore aggiunto dell'ordine di 1-2 punti percentuali per le imprese e di 0,3 punti per le famiglie. Dall'analisi degli effetti delle misure di regolarizzazione degli immigrati introdotte nel 2002 emerge che l'incidenza del lavoro sommerso ha effetti negativi anche sulle decisioni delle banche di aprire dipendenze nei mercati bancari locali.]

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  • Giorgio GOBBI & Roberta ZIZZA, 2012. "Does the underground economy hold back;financial deepening? Evidence from the Italian credit market [L'economia sommersa Š un freno per lo sviluppo finanziario? Evidenze dai mercati locali del credito," Economia Marche / Journal of Applied Economics, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I) / Fondazione Aristide Merloni (I), vol. 0(1), pages 1-29, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:mer:review:v:xxxi:y:2012:i:1:n:1
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    1. Coulibaly, Aïssata & Yogo, Urbain Thierry, 2020. "The path to shared prosperity: Leveraging financial services outreach to create decent jobs in developing countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 131-147.
    2. Mr. Ben Kelmanson & Koralai Kirabaeva & Leandro Medina & Borislava Mircheva & Jason Weiss, 2019. "Explaining the Shadow Economy in Europe: Size, Causes and Policy Options," IMF Working Papers 2019/278, International Monetary Fund.

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    Keywords

    Abbandono scolastico; Bank Lending; Branching; Credito Bancario; Dipendenze bancarie; Entrata; Entry; Irregular Employment; Lavoro irregolare; Misure di regolarizzazione; Regularisation Programme; School Drop-out;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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