
Measuring the Informal Economy in the Caucasus and Central Asia »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2013/137
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yasser Abdih , and Leandro Medina
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 May 2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484331613.001
ISBN: 9781484331613
Keywords: Informal economy, latent variable, Caucasus and Central Asia, labor market, employment, labor force, self employment, total employment, General, Structure and Scope of Government
This study estimates the size of the informal economy, and the relative contribution of each underlying factor, for the Caucasus and Central Asia countries in 2008. Using a Multiple Indicator-Multiple Cause model,...