Informality and aggregate productivity : the case of Mexico /

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Author / Creator:	Alvarez, Jorge, author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [2019] ©2019
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	IMF Working Paper ; WP/19/257 IMF working paper ; WP/19/257.
Subject:	Industrial productivity -- Mexico. Informal sector (Economics) -- Mexico. Industrial productivity. Informal sector (Economics) Mexico.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13513723

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Other authors / contributors:	Ruane, Cian, author. International Monetary Fund, issuing body.
ISBN:	1513522345 9781513522340
Notes:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (IMF, viewed Sept. 15, 2020).
Summary:	We assess the aggregate productivity impact of distortions arising from labor regulations in Mexico and how they interact with informality. Using employment surveys and a firm-level economic census, we document a number of novel features about informal firms in Mexico. We then construct and estimate a model of heterogeneous firms and endogenous informality to study the micro and macro impacts from various policy reforms. Some reforms may have large impacts on informal employment but small impacts on aggregate productivity.

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