For several years, the government of Paraguay has sought to address the issue of informality, both as a response to poverty reduction and a means to expand its

This survey assembles recent theoretical and empirical advances in the literature on economic informality and analyzes the causes and costs of informality in de

The multiple indicator-multiple cause (MIMIC) method is a well-established tool for measuring informal economic activity. However, it has been criticized becaus

Analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes and reasons for and implications of its growth. This book uses two distinct but complementary lense

Paraguay’s economy features a high degree of informality. Based on different estimation approaches, informal activity represents more than half of total emplo