This paper analyses the consequences of formalisation on the performance of informal firms, using a panel dataset from Vietnam. We find that switching firms (before switching) have higher profit and value added compared to non-switching firms; suggesting heterogeneity. Becoming formal leads to an additional increase in switching firms’ profit and value added. The benefits of formalisation materialise in the short-term (one year) and persist in the longer-term (three or more years). These benefits run through various channels such as better access to powered equipment or higher business association membership; but not better access to credit.
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Boly, A. (2018). On the Short- and Medium-Term Effects of Formalisation: Panel Evidence from Vietnam. Journal of Development Studies, 54(4), 641–656. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1342817
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