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The informal sector and tax on employment: A dynamic general equilibrium investigation

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  • Saracoglu, Durdane Sirin

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Volume (Year): 32 (2008)
Issue (Month): 2 (February)
Pages: 529-549

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  1. James R. Tybout, 2000. "Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries: How Well Do They Do, and Why?," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 38(1), pages 11-44, March.
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Cited by:

  1. Saif asif Khan & Sajawal Khan, 2011. "Optimal Taxation, Inflation and the Formal and Informal Sectors," SBP Working Paper Series 40, State Bank of Pakistan, Research Department.
  2. repec:hit:hitjcm:v:56:y:2015:i:1:p:73-91 is not listed on IDEAS
  3. Erol Taymaz, 2009. "Informality and Productivity: Productivity Differentials between Formal and Informal Firms in Turkey," ERC Working Papers 0901, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, revised Mar 2009.
  4. Eliane El Badaoui & Riccardo Magnani, 2015. "Tax Policies and Informality in South Africa," EconomiX Working Papers 2015-22, University of Paris West - Nanterre la Defense, EconomiX.
  5. Villa, Stefania., 2010. "Exploring the linkages between investment and employment in Moldova : a time-series analysis," ILO Working Papers 994553423402676, International Labour Organization.
  6. Loayza,Norman V., 2016. "Informality in the process of development and growth," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7858, The World Bank.
  7. Gupta, Manash Ranjan & Barman, Trishita Ray, 2015. "Environmental Pollution, Informal Sector, Public Expenditure And Economic Growth," Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, vol. 56(1), pages 73-91, June.
  8. repec:ilo:ilowps:455342 is not listed on IDEAS
  9. Sirin Saracoglu & Zeynep Akgül, 2011. "International Capital Mobility and Factor Reallocation in a Multisector Economy," Working Papers 658, Economic Research Forum, revised 12 Jan 2011.
  10. Soraya Roman, 2011. "Labour costs, informal economy and labor law reforms in Bolivia," Development Research Working Paper Series 08/2011, Institute for Advanced Development Studies.

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