Informal sector competition and firm productivity

Arlette Beltrán

doi:10.1080/13504851.2019.1676383

Informal sector competition and firm productivity

Arlette Beltrán

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We provide evidence on whether informal competition has a negative bearing on firm productivity in the formal sector. To do this we employ the World Bank’s Enterprise Survey (WBES) with detailed information for more than sixty thousand manufacturing and services formal firms from over 127 countries. We find a negative association between these two variables, which is further supported when using instrumental variables.

Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1243-1246
Número de páginas	4
Publicación	Applied Economics Letters
Volumen	27
N.º	15
Fecha en línea anticipada	11 oct. 2019
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2019.1676383
Estado	Publicada - 1 set. 2020

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Funding Information:
I am very thankful for detailed comments, suggestions, and support from Alberto Chong at Georgia State University. Mariano Montoya provided excellent research assistance. The standard disclaimer applies.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

ODS de las Naciones Unidas

Este resultado contribuye a los siguientes Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

ODS 8: Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
ODS 9: Industria, innovación e infraestructura
ODS 10: Reducción de las desigualdades
ODS 17: Alianzas para lograr los objetivos

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Productivity
competition
developing countries
informality

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