Regulation and the informal economy : microenterprises in Chile, Ecuador, and Jamaica / edited by V ictor E. Tokman, Emilio Klein.

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Publication details: Boulder : L. Rienner Publishers, 1996.Description: vi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

1555876080
9781555876081

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DDC classification:

338.6/42 20

LOC classification:

HD2346.C53 R44 1996

Other classification:

83.67

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.

"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.

http://www.loc.gov/hlas

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