Does Informality Depress Investments and Job Recovery ? Firm-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis in South Asia (English)

Using three rounds of the World Bank's Business Pulse Surveys in South Asia, this paper quantifies the relationship between informality and firms' investment and employment decisions. Accounting for multidimensionality in definition and the margins of informality, the analysis suggests that first, informal firms remain credit and liquidity constrained before and during the crisis, especially the necessity firms. In the pre-crisis period, access to...

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Author

Grover,Arti Goswami;

Pereira Lopez,Mariana De La Paz;
Document Date
2023/10/03
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS10580
Volume No
1
Country
South Asia,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2023/10/03
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Does Informality Depress Investments and Job Recovery ? Firm-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis in South Asia

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

8S-Informality in South Asia Region -- P173300

Major Sector

FY17 - Social Protection

Theme

FY17 - Labor Market Institutions,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - ICT Solutions,FY17 - Jobs,FY17 - Domestic Revenue Administration,FY17 - MSME Development,FY17 - E-Government, incl. e-services,FY17 - Job Quality,FY17 - Public Finance Management,FY17 - ICT,FY17 - Labor Market Policy and Programs,FY17 - Social Insurance and Pensions,FY17 - Enterprise Development,FY17 - Social protection delivery systems,FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Job Creation

Sector

FY17 - Social Protection

TF No/Name

TF0B5220-Leveraging Technology to Integrate the Informal Sector with Markets and,TF0B7297-Adjusting to the post-COVID world: which policies are helpful to firms

Topics

Firm Dynamics and Productivity Growth,Informal Sector Productivity,Economic Shocks and Vulnerability,Firm Behavior and Jobs,Micro-Enterprises and Jobs,

Unit Owning

Office of the Chief Economist (SARCE); IFC

Version Type

Final

Series Name

Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10580; COVID-19 (Coronavirus);

Digital Object Identifier

10.1596/1813-9450-1080

Product Line

Advisory Services & Analytics

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Grover,Arti Goswami; Pereira Lopez,Mariana De La Paz.

Does Informality Depress Investments and Job Recovery ? Firm-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis in South Asia (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10580; COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099707110032313266

Does Informality Depress Investments and Job Recovery ? Firm-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis in South Asia (English)

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