Replication data for: Firms, Informality, and Development: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
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Ulyssea, Gabriel. Replication data for: Firms, Informality, and Development: Theory and Evidence from Brazil. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113031V1
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Summary:
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This paper develops and estimates an equilibrium model where heterogeneous firms can exploit two margins of informality: (i) not register their business, the extensive margin; and (ii) hire workers "off the books," the intensive margin. The model encompasses the main competing frameworks for understanding informality and provides a natural setting to infer their empirical relevance. The counterfactual analysis shows that once the intensive margin is accounted for, firm and labor informality need not move in the same direction as a result of policy changes. Lower informality can be, but is not necessarily associated with higher output, TFP, or welfare.
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JEL Classification:
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D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
E26 Informal Economy; Underground Economy
H26 Tax Evasion and Avoidance
J46 Informal Labor Markets
O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
E26 Informal Economy; Underground Economy
H26 Tax Evasion and Avoidance
J46 Informal Labor Markets
O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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