This paper builds a new microdatabase that covers 100 countries at all income levels and
long-run time series in the United States (1870–2010) and Mexico (1960–2010) to …

This paper presents panel data evidence on the impact of expansion of global value chains
and large-scale export-oriented farms in developing countries over almost a decade. We …

This study investigates the formal/informal employment earnings gap in Turkey. We focus on
the earnings differentials that can be explained by observable characteristics and …

Little is known about the informal sector's income structure vis-à-vis the formal sector,
despite its predominant economic weight in developing countries. While most of the papers …

This volume provides a comprehensive analytic contribution to a crucial topic within
development economics based on 15 years of continued data collection and research …

We identify a basic dualism within the informal manufacturing sector (IMS) in India between
a 'traditional'/non-capitalist segment, comprising family-based household enterprises that …

Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the
links between households' and entrepreneurs' social networks and business performance …

The labor market in developing countries is remarkably heterogeneous, with a small
productive formal sector characterized by high wages and attractive employment conditions …

In the last three decades many developing and middle-income nations' health care systems
have been financed via out-of-pocket payments by individuals. User fees charges, however …

This paper analyzed the inverse causality between informality and poverty in Egypt, in
addition to the impact of different individual and socio demographic factors affecting both of …