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Informality and social protection : preliminary results from pilot surveys in Bulgaria and Colombia. (English)

There is a wide agreement on the fact that a large informal economy leaves many individuals without social protection and reduces government's tax revenue and social security contributions. However, it remains an open question what really drives informality, namely whether workers are simply trapped out of the formal sector or, at least some of them, choose it because it offers better alternatives than a formal job. The policy implications are clearly...
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Peracchi,Franco; Perotti,Valeria; Scarpetta,Stefano.

Informality and social protection : preliminary results from pilot surveys in Bulgaria and Colombia. (English). Social Protection discussion paper ; no. SP 0717 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/298201468224072204

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