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dc.titleResearch Insights: How Does the Enforcement of Labor Market Regulations Affect Informality and Firms?
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Cezar
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.date.available2024-12-13T00:12:00
dc.date.issue2024-12-13T00:12:00
dc.description.abstractLabor inspections reduce informality but slow firm growth: inspections mandate formalization and impose fines, causing immediate compliance but long-term stagnation in growth for audited firms in Brazil. Informality is pervasive: both large and small firms hire informal workers, and informal workers are similar to formal employees in age, education, and gender but earn slightly less. Inspections dampen innovation and dynamism: firms subjected to audits innovate less, with declines in trademark registrations and organizational complexity.
dc.format.extent4
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013329
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-How-Does-the-Enforcement-of-Labor-Market-Regulations-Affect-Informality-and-Firms.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-Como-la-vigilancia-del-cumplimiento-de-las-regulaciones-del-mercado-laboral-influye-en-la-informalidad-y-en-las-empresas.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectInformal Economy
dc.subjectSmall Business
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectInformal Labor
dc.subjectRegulation
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subjectAuditing
dc.subjectBusiness Development
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectInformal Firm
dc.subject.jelcodeH20 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
dc.subject.jelcodeJ10 - Demographic Economics: General
dc.subject.jelcodeJ20 - Demand and Supply of Labor: General
dc.subject.jelcodeL10 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance: General
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-01001
idb.operationRG-E1965
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