Do Informal Businesses Gain From Registration and How? Panel Data Evidence from Vietnam

Axel Demenet, Mireille Razafindrakoto and François Roubaud

World Development, 2016, vol. 84, issue C, 326-341

Abstract: This paper evaluates the impact of Household Businesses’ decision to leave the informal sector on their performance and mode of operation. It capitalizes on a unique panel dataset, result of a five-year project.

Keywords: informal sector; formalization; causal impact; development policy; Asia; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.09.002

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