dc.contributor.author | Olken, Benjamin A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Singhal, Monica | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-18T20:34:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-18T20:34:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-01 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1945-7782 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61741 | |
dc.description.abstract | Informal payments are a frequently overlooked source of local public fi nance in developing
countries. We use microdata from ten countries to establish stylized facts on the magnitude,
form, and distributional implications of this "informal taxation." Informal taxation is wide-
spread, particularly in rural areas, with substantial in-kind labor payments. The wealthy pay
more, but pay less in percentage terms, and informal taxes are more regressive than formal
taxes. Failing to include informal taxation underestimates household tax burdens and revenue
decentralization in developing countries. We discuss various explanations for and implications
of these observed stylized facts. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.) (R03HD051957) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Weatherhead Center for International Affairs | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Taubman Center for State and Local Government | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Harvard University. Asia Center | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Economic Association | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.3.4.1 | |
dc.rights | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | en_US |
dc.source | MIT web domain | en_US |
dc.title | Informal Taxation | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Olken, Benjamin A. and Monica Singhal. "Informal Taxation." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Oct 2011, Vol. 3, No. 4: Pages 1-28. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics | en_US |
dc.contributor.approver | Olken, Benjamin A. | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Olken, Benjamin A. | |
dc.relation.journal | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Olken, Benjamin A.; Singhal, Monica | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1918-4631 | |
mit.license | OPEN_ACCESS_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |