Despite a growing number of studies featuring “informality” in their title, including many from
the post-socialist region, little has been done to reach a consensus on what informality …

This paper reviews work that tests (1) how formal and informal institutions, and especially
their interaction, affect participation in the shadow economy in transition countries; and (2) …

Introduction Page 8 Rita Schlusemann, Helwi Blom, Anna Katharina Richter, and Krystyna
Wierzbicka-Trwoga Introduction Wil man och säija sin Meening och Skääl med fåå Ordh/ som …

Despite the importance of labour markets in shaping inequalities, the literature linking the
informal sector to income inequalities is scarce. In this article, we examine this linkage on …

Abstract Informal Cross Border Trade (ICBT) is mostly conducted by poor, vulnerable, small
and unregistered traders who end up practising illegal activities in order to earn a livelihood …

India imposes stringent criminal penalties, including life imprisonment in some states, for
cow slaughter, based on a Hindu ethic of revering the cow as sacred. And yet India is among …

The concept of formalization has long underpinned policy interventions and measures
intended to connect informal entities with state institutions or formal economic structures …

Purpose This paper investigates the impact of adopting quality management standards like
ISO9001 on a firm's performance and the mediator role of human capabilities within firms in …

Competition from informal firms is an important issue that face most formal firms in
developing countries. It usually leads to market share losses in formal firms and weakens …

Multiple studies on economic transition have argued that participation in Global Value
Chains (GVCs) can facilitate the process of structural transformation in developing …