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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462959903321

Autore

Schneider Friedrich

Titolo

The shadow economy : an international survey / / Friedrich Schneider, Dominik H. Enste [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1107301912

1107305969

1107307007

1139542281

1107309204

1107312558

129900914X

1107314755

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Informal sector (Economics)

Business enterprises - Corrupt practices

Commercial crimes

Tax evasion

Noncitizens

Welfare fraud

Fraud

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The shadow economy : a challenge for economic and social policy -- Defining the 'shadow economy' -- Methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy -- Size of shadow economies around the world -- The size of the shadow-economy labour force -- An integrated approach to explain deviant behaviour -- Analysing the causes and measures of economic policy -- Effects of the increasing shadow economy -- The 'two-pillar strategy' -- Conclusion and outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

Illicit work, social security fraud, economic crime and other shadow economy activities are fast becoming an international problem. This



second edition uses new data to reassess currency demand and the model approach to estimate the size of the shadow economy in 151 developing, transition, and OECD countries. This updated edition argues that during the 2000s the average size of the shadow economy varied from 19 per cent of GDP for OECD countries, to 30 per cent for transition countries, to 45 per cent for developing countries. It examines the causes and consequences of this development using an integrated approach to explain deviant behaviour that combines findings from economic, sociological, and psychological research. The authors suggest that increasing taxation and social security contributions, rising state regulatory activities, and the decline of the tax morale are all driving forces behind this growth, and they propose a reform of state public institutions in order to improve the dynamics of the official economy.