Gender, Entry Regulations, and Small Firm Informality : What Do the Micro Data Tell Us?
Informality is pervasive in many
developing countries, where the majority of businesses do
not register. One view, linked strongly with Hernando de
Soto and the International Finance Corporations (IFC's)
doing business project, is that the informal sector consists
of potential entrepreneurs who remain small as the
administrative and financial costs of becoming formal
prevent firms from formalizing, but that formalization is
needed to obtain access to finance, and have the incentive
to grow without fear of government inspectors. Moreover, it
is often argued further that the burden of regulation is
even larger for female business owners, because they have
less time and money to overcome expensive and time-consuming
barriers to registration. As a result, doing business 2008
claims that the benefits of business regulation reform are
especially high for women, and shows that across countries
there is a positive association between the percentage of
entrepreneurs who are women and the ease of doing business.
This note largely focuses on the implications for micro and
very small enterprises in urban areas, which comprise most
businesses in developing countries. Almost all rural firms
are informal.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
McKenzie, David |
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| Format: | Brief
biblioteca
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2009-09
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| Subjects: | ACCOUNT,
ACTION PLAN,
ADULT MEN,
ADULT WOMEN,
BUSINESS GROWTH,
BUSINESS OPERATION,
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP,
BUSINESS REGISTRATION,
BUSINESS REGULATION,
BUSINESS REGULATIONS,
BUSINESS SKILLS,
BUSINESS TRAINING,
BUSINESSES,
BUSINESSWOMEN,
CONSUMER PROTECTION,
DISCRIMINATORY LAWS,
EMPOWERMENT,
ENTERPRISE SURVEYS,
ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN,
EQUALITY,
FEMALE,
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS,
FEMALE LABOR,
FEMALE LABOR FORCE,
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION,
FEMALE WORKERS,
FEMALES,
GENDER,
GENDER ACTION,
GENDER DIFFERENCE,
GENDER DIFFERENCES,
GENDER LAW,
GENDER NEUTRAL,
GENDER-NEUTRAL LAWS,
GOOD PRACTICES,
HARASSMENT,
HUSBAND,
HUSBANDS,
IMPACT EVALUATION,
INFORMAL ECONOMY,
INFORMAL SECTOR,
INSURANCE,
JUDGES,
LABOR FORCE,
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION,
LABOUR ORGANIZATION,
LEGISLATION,
LICENSE,
MARITAL STATUS,
MARRIED WOMEN,
NETWORKS,
POOR WOMEN,
POWER OF WOMEN,
PRODUCTIVITY,
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS,
REPORTING,
RESULT,
RESULTS,
RETAIL TRADE,
ROLE OF WOMEN,
TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER,
TERRORISM,
WEB,
WEB SITE,
WILL, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/09/11361580/gender-entry-regulations-small-firm-informality-micro-data-tell
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11108
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