To Formalize or Not to Formalize: Women Entrepreneurs’ Sensemaking of Business Registration in the Context of Nepal
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-020-04541-1
Abstract: Despite the depiction of decisions to formalize informal firms as rational and ethical, many entrepreneurs in developing countries continue to operate informally regardless of its perceived illicit status. While existing research on why entrepreneurs choose… read more here.
Keywords: formalize formalize; informal economy; formalize women; women entrepreneurs ... See more keywords
International movements of money and men: impact on the informal economy
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DOI: 10.1007/s12197-019-09480-w
Abstract: Using panel data for a large cross-country sample, we consider the influences of FDI inflows, inward development aid, and immigration on the informal sector. Both FDI and immigration increase the informal sector, with the effect… read more here.
Keywords: movements money; informal sector; international movements; informal economy ... See more keywords
The informal economy in Algeria: New insights using the MIMIC approach and the interaction with the formal economy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2021.09.010
Abstract: Abstract This article aims first to investigate the main determinants of the informal economy (IE) in Algeria using the Multiple Indicator Multiple Causes (MIMIC) approach, second to estimate its size and development, third analyse the… read more here.
Keywords: economy algeria; informal economy; mimic approach; formal economy ... See more keywords
A country-level institutional perspective on entrepreneurship productivity: The effects of informal economy and regulation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2020.106002
Abstract: Abstract Developing the concept of institutional incongruence and employing panel data from 60 countries, we outline an alternative view of the informal economy and the effects of regulative institutions on entrepreneurship productivity. We find evidence… read more here.
Keywords: country level; entrepreneurship productivity; economy; informal economy ... See more keywords
The Scramble for Houses: Violence, a factionalized state, and informal economy in post-partition Delhi*
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DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x1600010x
Abstract: Abstract The partition riots that erupted in Delhi following independence in 1947 resulted in the massacre of thousands of Muslims and the departure of roughly 300,000, leaving the remaining Muslim community seriously depleted, both numerically… read more here.
Keywords: violence; informal economy; delhi; scramble houses ... See more keywords
Between Border and Bazaar: Central Asia’s Informal Economy
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DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2018.1532017
Abstract: ABSTRACT The disintegration of the Soviet Union spurred a transnational trade in consumer goods. Bazaars, which proliferated across the former Soviet Union, including in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan that is the focus of this article, became… read more here.
Keywords: informal economy; asia; economy; soviet union ... See more keywords
Pernicious assimilation: reframing the integration of the urban informal economy in Southern Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2017.1298219
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper argues that many of the official attempts to “integrate” the urban informal economy into the mainstream economy are fundamentally flawed. An unpacking of the “integrative” agenda as pursued by planning and other… read more here.
Keywords: informal economy; integration; urban informal; pernicious assimilation ... See more keywords
Campaigning for social security rights: Women in the informal economy and maternity benefits
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DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2019.1609809
Abstract: abstract This article captures and analyses how women in organised labour structures in South Africa mobilised around the need for a legislative response to a critical gender justice issue, namely access to maternity benefits for… read more here.
Keywords: maternity benefits; informal economy; maternity; women informal ... See more keywords
From the informal economy to the meaning of informality: Developing theory on firms and their workers
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DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-06-2016-0075
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess ways in which informality can be understood and reviews an emerging area of management scholarship. The origins and nature of informality are discussed with the aid… read more here.
Keywords: informal economy; economy meaning; meaning informality; sociology ... See more keywords
The paradoxes of informalizing street trade in the Latin American city
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DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-09-2017-0119
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to challenge the default portrayal of street trade as an informal occupation and spatial practice, by examining comparatively the changes in the regulatory frameworks of two politically distinct… read more here.
Keywords: street trade; informal economy; street; city ... See more keywords
Explaining the informal economy in Western Europe: beyond a rational economic actor perspective
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DOI: 10.1108/jes-05-2020-0233
Abstract: PurposeThe dominant theorisation of the informal economy views participants as rational economic actors operating in the informal economy when the expected benefits exceed the perceived costs of being caught and punished. Recently, an alternative theory… read more here.
Keywords: trust; economic actor; economy; informal economy ... See more keywords