TY  - JOUR
TT  - The impact of informal sector on income distribution: Could concentration of income be explained by the size of informal sector?
AU  - Ghecham, Mahieddine Adnan
PY  - 2017
DA  - March
JF  - International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
JO  - IJEFI
PB  - İlhan ÖZTÜRK
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-4138
SP  - 594
EP  - 600
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - informal sector
KW  - concentration of income.
N2  - This paper uses a cross-sectional data to explore the impact that informal sector has on income variation across different income categories. Instead of using GINI coefficient, the paper considers income shares of decile groups of population. The results reflect a dual role of informal sector in economy. On one hand, informal sector could reduce the gap between income earners at the bottom level of income categories. On the other hand, the size of informal sector could exacerbate the gap between top income earners and other categories indicating further concentration of income. Some implications are discussed.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ijefi/issue//353244
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/364244
ER  -