Beyond Regulation : The Informal Economy in Latin America / ed. by Victor E. Tokman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cartaya, Vanessa, Contributor.

Casanovas, Roberto, Contributor.

Chávez, Eliana, Contributor.

Elizondo, Néstor, Contributor.

Lagos, Ricardo A., Contributor.

Looye, Johanna W., Contributor.

Mesa-Lago, Carmelo, 1934- Contributor.

Schkolnik, Mariana, Contributor.

Tokman, Víctor E., Editor.

Tokman, Víctor E., Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The authors argue that the costs to the informal sectors of Latin American economies imposed by legal and constitutional constraints are not as great as is typically claimed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

PART 1 SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS

1 The Informal Sector in Latin America: From Underground to Legality

PART 2 INFORMALITY AND ILLEGALITY

2 Informality and Illegality, a False Identity: The Case of Bolivia

3 Illegality in the Urban Informal Sector of Mexico City

PART 3 THE COST OF LEGALITY

4 Barriers to Legality and Their Costs for the Informal Sector

5 Real Versus Ideal and the Brazilian Jeitinho: A Study of Microenterprise Registry Under the New Microenterprise Statute

6 The Costs of Becoming Legal for Informal Firms: The Case of Venezuela

PART 4 REGULATION AND INFORMALITY

7 Protection for the Informal Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean by Social Security or Alternative Means

8 The Taxi Market in Chile: Regulation and Liberalization Policies, 1978-1987

9 Consequences of the Legal and Regulatory Framework in Peru's Taxi Market

Bibliography

Index

About the Book and the Editor

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-635-7

OCLC:

1378176788