Shadow economy and income inequality: new empirical evidence from Asian developing countries

Huynh, Cong Minh; Nguyen, Tan Loi

doi:10.1080/13547860.2019.1643196

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“…The earned income in the shadow economy is also spent in the formal economy and may offset some negative effects on effective household demand (Alexandru et al, 2011). In a sample of 19 Asian countries during the period 1990-2015, Huynh and Nguyen (2020) show that a shadow economy decreases income inequality by increasing the share of income held by the lowest quintile and decreasing the share of income held by the highest quintile. La Porta and Shleifer (2014) study the characteristics of formal and informal entrepreneurs.…”

Section: Shadow Economy and Conflictmentioning

confidence: 98%

Oil Price Shocks, Protest and the Shadow Economy: Is there a Mitigation Effect?

Ishak

Fritsche²

2020

SSRN Journal

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Section: Shadow Economy and Conflictmentioning

confidence: 98%

Oil Price Shocks, Protest and the Shadow Economy: Is there a Mitigation Effect?

Ishak

Fritsche²

2020

SSRN Journal

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“…The earned income in the shadow economy is also spent in the formal economy and may offset some negative effects on effective household demand (Alexandru et al, 2011). In a sample of 19 Asian countries during the period 1990–2015, Huynh and Nguyen (2020) show that a shadow economy decreases income inequality by increasing the share of income held by the lowest quintile and decreasing the share of income held by the highest quintile. La Porta and Shleifer (2014) study the characteristics of formal and informal entrepreneurs.…”

Section: Conceptual Framework: the Nexus Between Oil Rents Protests A...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Oil price shocks, protest, and the shadow economy: Is there a mitigation effect?

Ishak

Farzanegan

2021

Economics & Politics

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“…1 Yet, many people in the region live at the bottom (or base) of the economic pyramid (BoP)-a term that refers to extreme poverty (Prahalad & Hart, 2002;Hart & Christensen, 2002). 2 In addition, there are many challenges that South Asian countries face, including lack of human capital (Khilji, 2012) and financial capital (Global Financial Development Report 2017-18;Renjith & Shanmugam, 2019), stringent labour regulations (Acharya et al, 2013), political instability (Tushnet & Khosla, 2015), inadequate infrastructure (Andrés et al, 2014;Jha & Arao, 2018;Rasul, 2016), corruption (Borooah, 2016;Daoud, 2015), inequality (Huynh & Nguyen, 2019;Kumar Mishra et al, 2019) and conflicts within and between some countries (Akhmat et al, 2014;Goldstone, 2018;Khan, 2019).…”

Section: Resource-constrained Innovation (Rci)mentioning

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Innovation Challenges in South Asia: Evidence from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India

Kabadurmus

2021

Journal of South Asian Development

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In literature, the implications of resource constraints for innovation outcomes are conflicting. A broad body of empirical research focuses on the negative impacts of such constraints, most of which use data from advanced economies. However, recently some scholars argue that in emerging economies, innovation occurs in spite of and even because of the poor investment environment. Using firm-level data from South Asia, which provides a good natural example for such poor investment environment, and where innovation tigers like India continue to thrive, we investigate whether internal barriers such as lack of human capital and financial capital are indeed barriers for firms in the region. Our findings for India provide empirical support for the literature on resource-constrained innovation, while results for Pakistan support earlier contributions within the conventional innovation literature. For Bangladesh, however, neither human nor financial resources but firm-characteristics such as size and foreign ownership promote innovation more. Findings are validated across sub-samples of small and medium-sized enterprises and non-exporters, which are more likely to face such constraints.

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Shadow economy and income inequality: new empirical evidence from Asian developing countries

Cited by 42 publications

References 57 publications

Oil Price Shocks, Protest and the Shadow Economy: Is there a Mitigation Effect?

Oil Price Shocks, Protest and the Shadow Economy: Is there a Mitigation Effect?

Oil price shocks, protest, and the shadow economy: Is there a mitigation effect?

Innovation Challenges in South Asia: Evidence from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India

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