TY - BOOK AU - Tokman, V ictor E. AU - Klein, Emilio. TI - Regulation and the informal economy: microenterprises in Chile, Ecuador, and Jamaica SN - 1555876080 AV - HD2346.C53 R44 1996 U1 - 338.6/42 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Boulder PB - L. Rienner Publishers KW - Small business KW - Chile KW - Law and legislation KW - Ecuador KW - Jamaica KW - Petites et moyennes entreprises KW - Chili KW - Droit KW - Equateur KW - Jama ique KW - 83.67 industry KW - bcl KW - fast KW - Klein- und Mittelbetrieb KW - gnd KW - Regulierung KW - Aufsatzsammlung KW - Wirtschaftsrecht KW - Kleinbedrijf KW - gtt KW - Regulering KW - Informele economie KW - microenterprise KW - ilot KW - small enterprise KW - informal economy KW - company law KW - labour legislation KW - comment KW - survey KW - size of enterprise KW - woman worker KW - tax system KW - working conditions KW - entrepreneur KW - enterprise creation KW - institutional framework KW - market access KW - capital investment KW - bibliography KW - graph KW - statistical table KW - microentreprise KW - tbit KW - petite entreprise KW - economie informelle KW - droit des soci et es KW - l egislation du travail KW - commentaire KW - Equateur KW - enqu ete KW - dimension de l'entreprise KW - travailleuse KW - syst eme fiscal KW - conditions de travail KW - cr eation d'entreprise KW - cadre institutionnel KW - acc es au march e KW - investissement de capital KW - bibliographie KW - graphique KW - tableau statistique KW - microempresa KW - toit KW - peque na empresa KW - econom ia informal KW - ley de sociedades KW - legislaci on del trabajo KW - comentario KW - encuesta KW - tama no de la empresa KW - trabajadora KW - sistema tributario KW - condiciones de trabajo KW - empresario KW - creaci on de empresa KW - organizaci on institucional KW - acceso al mercado KW - inversiones de capital KW - bibliograf ia KW - gr afico KW - cuadros estad isticos KW - Jamaika KW - Entwicklungsl ander KW - swd KW - Small firms KW - ILO pub KW - Pub OIT N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index; A comparative view of regulations and informality / Emilio Klein and Victor E. Tokman -- Microenterprises and the informal sector in the Santiago metropolitan area / Guillermo Wormald and Jorge Rozas -- The operation of small enterprises and the institutional framework in Ecuador / Roberto Roggiero [and others] -- Out of the shadows : the institutional framework and small-scale manufacturing enterprises in Jamaica / Patricia Anderson N2 - "Surveys enterprises with less than 10 employees and low capitalization. Describes tax and labor laws and finds common patterns across the three countries: males predominate among owners, women among workers and self-employed; and higher education is associated with larger, better-capitalized firms"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57 ER -