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The Shadow Economy and Shadow Economy Labor Force: What Do We (Not) Know?

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  • Schneider, Friedrich

    () (University of Linz)

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In this paper the main focus lies on the development and the size of the shadow economy and of undeclared work (or shadow economy labor force) in OECD, developing and transition countries. Besides informal employment in the rural and non-rural sector also other measures of informal employment like the share of employees not covered by social security, own account workers or unpaid family workers are shown. The most influential factors on the shadow economy and/or shadow labor force are tax policies and state regulation, which, if they rise, increase both. Furthermore the discussion of the recent literature underlines that economic opportunities, the overall situation on the labor market, and unemployment are crucial for an understanding of the dynamics of the shadow economy and especially the shadow labor force.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 5769.

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Length: 68 pages
Date of creation: Jun 2011
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Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp5769

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Keywords: shadow economy; undeclared work; shadow labor force; tax morale; tax pressure; state regulation;

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  1. Egle Tafenau & Helmut Herwartz & Friedrich Schneider, 2010. "Regional Estimates of the Shadow Economy in Europe," International Economic Journal, Korean International Economic Association, vol. 24(4), pages 629-636.
  2. Brück, Tilman & Haisken-DeNew, John P & Zimmermann, Klaus F, 2004. "Creating Low-Skilled Jobs by Subsidising Market-Contracted Household Work," CEPR Discussion Papers 4225, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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  1. M. Deidda & A. Di Liberto & M. Foddi & G. Sulis, 2012. "Employment Subsidies, Informal Economy and Women’s Transition into Work in a Depressed Area: Evidence from a Matching Approach," Working Paper CRENoS 201216, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.

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