Work in the Shadow: Some Facts

Friedrich Schneider ()

No 2013-18, Economics working papers from Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Abstract: In this paper the main focus lies on the 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 women and men are shown. The most influential factors on the shadow economy labor force are tax policies and state regulation, which, if they rise, increase both. Furthermore the discussion of the recent micro studies underline that economic opportunities, the overall burden of the state (taxes and regulations), the general situation on the labor market, and unemployment are especially crucial for an understanding of the dynamics the shadow labour force.

Keywords: Shadow economy work; undeclared work; shadow labor force; tax pressure; state regulation; labor market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 H26 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2013-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-iue, nep-lab, nep-law and nep-lma
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