 | Informality and Regulations : What Drives Firm Growth? Author/Editor: Era Dabla-Norris, Gabriela Inchauste. Release Date:May, 2007 The paper relies on a rich firm-level data set on transition economies to examine the role of informality as an important channel through which regulatory and other policy constraints affect firm more...
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| What Causes Firms to Hide Output? the Determinants of Informality Author/Editor: Gabriela Inchauste, Mark Gradstein, Era Dabla-Norris. Release Date:August, 2005 In many developing countries, a significant part of economic activity takes place in the informal sector. Earlier work has examined the determinants of the size of the informal sector, focusing more...
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| The Cyclical and Long-Term Behavior of Government Expenditures in Developing Countries Release Date:October, 2004 We examine the short- and long-term movements of government spending relative to output in 51 countries. We find that in the short term, the main components of government spending increase with more...
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| Argentina : Macroeconomic Crisis and Household Vulnerability Author/Editor: Gabriela Inchauste, Ana Corbacho, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano. Release Date:April, 2003 Using urban household surveys, we constructed a panel dataset to study the effects of the Argentine macroeconomic crisis of 1999-2002 with the aim of (1) identifying the most vulnerable households, more...
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 | Poverty and Social Impact Analysis in PRGF-Supported Programs Author/Editor: Gabriela Inchauste. Release Date:December, 2002 This paper aims to inform on the status of Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in IMF-supported programs, detailing the results presented in the recent review of PRGF-supported programs. The more...
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 | Is the PRGF Living Up to Expectations? Author/Editor: Benedict J Clements, Gabriela Inchauste, Nita Thacker, Thomas William Dorsey, Shamsuddin Tareq, Emanuele Baldacci, Sanjeev Gupta, Mark W Plant. Release Date:September, 2002 In late 1999 the IMF established the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) to integrate the objectives of poverty reduction and growth more fully into its operations for the poorest countries, more...
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| Issues in Domestic Petroleum Pricing in Oil-Producing Countries Author/Editor: Sanjeev Gupta, Benedict J Clements, Kevin Fletcher, Gabriela Inchauste. Release Date:August, 2002 This paper discusses issues relating to the domestic pricing of petroleum in oil-producing countries. It finds that in most major oil-exporting countries, government policies keep domestic prices more...
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| Intrahousehold Allocation of Resources : The Bolivian Family Author/Editor: Gabriela Inchauste. Release Date:May, 2001 Recognizing that intrahousehold inequalities exist, this study focuses on the distribution of resources toward children across household types. A bargaining framework is used to test whether it more...
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