Informal self-employment in Kazakhstan

Artikel

We use data from the Kazakhstan Labour Force Survey (KLFS) for the period 2006-2011 to examine factors that determine informality amongst self-employed men and women. In addition, the paper examines the response of informality propensities to the recent global crisis. The decomposition suggests that the reduction in the predicted probabilities of being informal is mainly attributable to the unexplained component. Individual characteristics have played a relatively small role, except for changes in tenure, hours of work and education.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA Journal of Labor & Development ; ISSN: 2193-9020 ; Volume: 4 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 9 ; Pages: 1-19 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Other ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
• Subject: Self-employment ; Informality ; Gender ; Transition

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mussurov, Altay ; Arabsheibani, G. Reza
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40175-015-0031-9
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/152405
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET