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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786286403321
• Autore: Schneider Friedrich
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1-107-30301-X; 1-107-30191-2; 1-107-30596-9; 1-107-30700-7; 1-139-54228-1; 1-107-30920-4; 1-107-31255-8; 1-299-00914-X; 1-107-31475-5
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: BUS038000
• Altri autori (Persone): EnsteDominik
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetti: Informal sector (Economics); Business enterprises - Corrupt practices; Commercial crimes; Tax evasion; Noncitizens; Welfare fraud; Fraud; Illegal immigration
• 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 seventy-six developing, transition, and OECD countries. This updated edition argues that during the 2000s the average size of a shadow economy varied from 19% of GDP for OECD, to 30% for transition, and to 45% for developing countries"--