In the Shadow of the State - the Informal Economy and Informal Economy Labor Force

In this paper, the main focus lies on the informal economy and on work in the shadow. The most influential factors on the informal economy are tax policies and state regulation. The size of the informal economy was decreasing over the period 1999 to 2007, from 34.0% to 31.2% for 161 countries (unwei...

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Main Author: Schneider Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-02-01
Series:Danube
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/danb-2014-0013