Polish households' behavior in the regular and informal economies

François Gardes and Christophe Starzec

Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne from Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne

Abstract: This paper analyzes characteristics of the informal economy in Poland in the context of transition, using a specific survey carried out in the framework of the classic Labour Force Survey, conducted by the Polish National Statistical office (GUS), in 1995. The participation probabilities of three types of informal activities (working, buying and hiring) are discussed. Their interdependencies are analyzed in the light of the hypothesis of network or neighborhood effects. The impact of a household's participation in informal markets on its regular consumption is estimated by imputing the probability of its informal activity in the consumption surveys and panels. Such participation does significantly influence more than half of household's expenditure on goods and services. Moreover, the participants of the informal economy distinguish themselves by higher individual full prices (integrating both monetary and non-monetary constraints and resources)

Keywords: Informal economy; consumer behavior; cross-section-panel estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 C32 D12 H26 J49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2009-03
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Journal Article: Polish Households' Behavior in the Regular and Informal Economies (2009)
Working Paper: Polish Households' behavior in the Regular and Informal Economies (2009)
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