Most low-income countries lack high-frequency firm-level data to monitor the effect of economic shocks in real time. We examine whether administrative tax data
can help fill this gap, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In spring 2020, we
used the full population of corporate tax returns for 2019 in six developing countries
to predict the effect of COVID-induced shocks on formal firms’ activity. Comparing
the predictions to the realized 2020...
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2025/01/15
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2025/03/20
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Firms: Lessons from Administrative Tax Data