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Unfolding Trade Effect in Two Margins of Informality: The Peruvian Case

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dc.contributor.authorCisneros-Acevedo, Camila
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-19T20:09:42Z
dc.date.available2023-12-19T20:09:42Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-20
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the effect of an increase in import competition on informality along two margins. It considers the extensive margin, where workers are hired by unregistered employers, and the intensive margin, where even though jobs are carried out by registered firms, employees are off the books. Peru’s relentless informal employment and its unprecedented trade-driven growth provides an ideal case study. Using a rich household survey, this study finds that exposure to trade impacts on informality through two competing and contrasting mechanisms. On the one hand, extensive-informal employment declines as unregistered employers shrink or exit due to their low productivity. On the other hand, intensive-informal employment rises as registered employers reduce costs by hiring informal workers. Furthermore, results suggest that the intensive margin drives the overall effect. Hence, trade liberalization increases informality.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099731312082336191/IDU08c18b9b40914e048110aae9097dcb6400615
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40766
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40766
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectGLOBALIZATION
dc.subjectINFORMAL LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectPERU
dc.titleUnfolding Trade Effect in Two Margins of Informalityen
dc.title.subtitleThe Peruvian Caseen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.crossref.titleUnfolding Trade Effect in Two Margins of Informality: The Peruvian Case
okr.date.disclosure2023-12-19
okr.date.lastmodified2023-12-08T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeJournal Article
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099731312082336191/IDU08c18b9b40914e048110aae9097dcb6400615
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okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40766
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okr.identifier.report186284
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okr.pagenumber141–170
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099731312082336191/pdf/IDU08c18b9b40914e048110aae9097dcb6400615.pdfen
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryPeru
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Labor
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume36 (1)
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