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References for Inequality and informality in transition and emerging countries
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Further reading
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Key references
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Dell’Anno, R. "Analyzing the
determinants of the shadow economy with a ‘separate approach.’
An application of the relationship between inequality and the
shadow economy" World
Development 84 (2016): 342–356. Key reference: [1]
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Dell’Anno, R. "Inequality,
informality and credit market imperfections" Macroeconomic
Dynamics 22:5 (2018): 1184–1206. Key reference: [2]
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Eilat, Y., Zinnes, C. "The shadow
economy in transition countries: Friend or foe? A policy
perspective" World
Development 30:7 (2002): 1233–1254. Key reference: [3]
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Schneider, F. "Shadow
economies around the world: What do we really know?" European
Journal of Political Economy 21:3 (2005): 598–642. Key reference: [4]
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Enste, D. H. "Shadow economy
and institutional change in transition countries" In: Belev, B. (ed). The Informal
Economy in the EU Assessment Countries: Size, Scope, Trends and
Challenges of the Process of EU-Enlargement. Sofia: Center for Study of Democracy, 2003. Key reference: [5]
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Chong, A., Gradstein, M. "Inequality and
informality" Journal of
Public Economics 91:1–2 (2007): 159–179. Key reference: [6]
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Berdiev, A. N., Saunoris, J. W. "On the
relationship between income inequality and the shadow
economy" Eastern
Economic Journal 45 (2019): 224–249. Key reference: [7]
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Rosser, J. B., Rosser, M. V., Ahmed, E. "Income
inequality and the informal economy in transition
economies" Journal of
Comparative Economics 28:1 (2000): 156–171. Key reference: [8]
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Krstić, G., Sanfey, P. "Earnings
inequality and the informal economy" Economics of
Transition 19:1 (2011): 179–199. Key reference: [9]
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Dell’Anno, R., Solomon, O. H. "Informality,
inequality and ICT in transition economies" Eastern
European Economics 52:5 (2014): 3–31. Key reference: [10]
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Rogan, M., Cichello, P. "(Re)conceptualizing poverty and informal employment" In: Chen, M., Carré, F. (eds). The Informal
Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the
Future. London: Routledge, 2020. Key reference: [11]
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La Porta, R., Shleifer, A. "Informality and
development" Journal of
Economic Perspectives 28:3 (2014): 109–126. Key reference: [12]
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Dell’Anno, R. "Analyzing the
determinants of the shadow economy with a ‘separate approach.’
An application of the relationship between inequality and the
shadow economy" World
Development 84 (2016): 342–356.
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Additional References
- Albarea, A., Bernasconi, M., Marenzi, A., Rizzi, D. "Income underreporting and tax evasion in Italy: Estimates and distributional effects" Review of Income and Wealth 66:4 (2020): 904–930.
- Alm, J., Embaye, A. "Using dynamic panel methods to estimate shadow economies around the world, 1984–2006" Public Finance Review 41:5 (2013): 510–543.
- Alstadsæter, A., Johannesen, N., Zucman, G. "Tax evasion and inequality" American Economic Review 109:6 (2019): 2073–2103.
- Amendola, A., Dell’Anno, R. "Social exclusion and economic growth: An empirical investigation in European economies" Review of Income and Wealth 61:2 (2015): 274−301.
- Becker, G. S., Murphy, K. M., Tamura, R. "Human capital, fertility, and economic growth" Journal of Political Economy 98:5 (1990): 12–37.
- Buehn, A., Schneider, F. "Shadow economies around the world: Novel insights, accepted knowledge, and new estimates" International Tax and Public Finance 19:1 (2012): 139–171.
- Chen, M. Informality and Inequality: In a Globalized and Urbanized World. Brussels: United Nations Development Programme, 2019.
- Dell’Anno, R., Davidescu, A. "Estimating shadow economy and tax evasion in Romania. A comparison by different estimation approaches" Economic Analysis and Policy 63:C (2019): 130–149.
- Elgin, C., Elveren, A. Y., Bourgeois, J. "Informality, inequality and profit rate" Applied Economics Letters (2020).
- Feige, E. L., Urban, I. "Measuring underground (unobserved, non-observed, unrecorded) economies in transition countries: Can we trust GDP?" Journal of Comparative Economics 36:2 (2008): 287–306.
- Galor, O., Zeira, J. "Income distribution and macroeconomics" Review of Economic Studies 60:1 (1993): 35–52.
- Hatipoglu, O., Ozbek, G. "On the political economy of the informal sector and income redistribution" European Journal of Law and Economics 32:1 (2011): 69–87.
- ILO Transitioning From the Informal to the Formal Economy, Report V(1). Geneva: ILO, 2014.
- Jessen, J., Kluve, J. "The effectiveness of interventions to reduce informality in low- and middle-income countries" World Development (2021).
- Johnson, S., Kaufmann, D., Shleifer, A. "The unofficial economy in transition" Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1997:2 (1997): 159–239.
- Loayza, N. V. Informality: Why is it so Widespread and How Can it Be Reduced? World Bank Research and Policy Briefs No.133110, 2018.
- Loayza, N., Rigolini, J. "Informal employment: Safety net or growth engine?" World Development 39:9 (2011): 1503–1515.
- Maurizio, R. "Transitions to formality and declining inequality: Argentina and Brazil in the 2000s" Journal of Development and Change 46:5 (2015): 1047–1079.
- Rosser, J. B., Rosser, M. V., Ahmed, E. "Multiple unofficial economy equilibria and income distribution dynamics in systemic transition" Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 25:3 (2003): 425–447.
- Slonimczyk, F., Gimpelson, V. "Informality and mobility: Evidence from Russian panel data" Economics of Transition 23:2 (2015): 299–341.
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Non-Observed Economy in National Accounts—Survey of Country Practices. Washington, DC: United Nations, 2008.