Lurking in the shadows: The informal sector and government policy

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 541-557

  Ihrig, Jane ^a   Moe, Karine S ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enforcement; Informal employment; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMAL SECTOR; MODELING; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 1442336058     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.04.004     Document Type: Article

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