Ousman Gajigo* And Mary Hallward-Driemeier 2011 AEC – Addis Ababa.

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Ousman Gajigo* And Mary Hallward-Driemeier 2011 AEC – Addis Ababa

Research Question What determines formality/registration of firms? To what extent are government policies or regulations or actions of public officials affecting rate of formality?

Importance of Formal Status Effect on firm performance. Access to Infrastructure and access to finance. Effect on government Broadening the tax base, and therefore tax revenue. Effect on welfare of workers Worker rights more likely to be enforced.

Data Four African countries in 2009/10: Ivory Cost, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal. Mixture of formal and informal firms across different sectors and ownership structures Information on transitioning between formal and informal sectors.

Size distribution

Ownership types

Age distribution

What is new in this paper? Analyzing the determinants of exiting the formal sector for the informal sector. 5% of initially formal firms became informal within 3 years. 23% of initially informal firms became formal within 3 years.

Median Start-up Capital Formal>>Informal: started as formal but currently informal Informal>>Formal: started as informal but currently formal

Distributions of Start-up Capital

Labor Productivity (revenue per worker) Formal>>Informal: started as formal but currently informal Informal>>Formal: started as informal but currently formal

Distribution of Labor Productivity

Estimations

Regression Results (Probit) Marginal Effects

Coef.z-stat Female owner Enterprise age in months **-2.36 Owner age Total # workers at start-up **-1.95 log of labor productivity (revenue per worker)-0.003***-3.38 log of start-up capital -USD-0.002**-2.16 Largest source of finance at start-up was Trade Credit Largest source of finance at start-up was Money Lenders Largest source of finance at start-up was MFI Largest source of finance at start-up was Bank Largest source of finance at start-up was Friends/Relatives management spent time dealing with govt. regulations % of management's time spent dealing with govt. regulations spent some money on gifts/informal payments to govt. officials **-2.19 % of annual sales spent on gifts/informal payments to govt. officials *1.92

Estimation Contd.

Coef.z-stat Female owner-0.012*-1.73 Owner age-0.003***-3.65 Attended some university0.213**1.98 Attended some graduate school # years served as an employee of a formal enterprise0.003***2.83 Total # workers at start-up log of labor productivity (revenue per worker)0.019***4.91 log of start-up capital -USD0.006**1.97 Largest source of finance at start-up was Bank0.079**2.63 management spent time dealing with govt. regulations % of management's time spent dealing with govt. regulations spent some money on gifts/informal payments to govt. officials 0.046**2.85 % of annual sales spent on gifts/informal payments to govt. officials **-2.84

% of firms that made informal payments or gifts to “get things done”.

Management/owners spent substantial amount of time meeting govt. regulations.

Conclusion Productivity is a determinant to being in the formal sector. Consistent with findings that formality increases with productivity. Bribe payments limits firm registration by increasing cost. It also shrinks the formal sector. Policy Implication: Streamline registration requirements to reduce both the direct and opportunity cost, as well as bribe payments.