05472oam 22007215 450 991079030490332120200520144314.01-280-87865-797866137199660-8213-9550-510.1596/978-0-8213-9549-3(CKB)2670000000208514(EBL)953214(OCoLC)798536280(SSID)ssj0000677937(PQKBManifestationID)12347296(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677937(PQKBWorkID)10696987(PQKB)10061862(MiAaPQ)EBC953214(Au-PeEL)EBL953214(CaPaEBR)ebr10578613(CaONFJC)MIL371996(OCoLC)808347805(The World Bank)17223088(US-djbf)17223088(EXLCZ)99267000000020851420120322d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIn from the shadow : integrating Europe's informal labor /Truman Packard, Johannes Koettl, Claudio MontenegroWashington DC :World Bank,2012.pages cmDirections in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-9549-1 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; What Is the Shadow Economy?; Why Does It Matter?; Figures; O.1 The Shadow Economy as a Percentage of Recorded GDP, Various Countries, 2007; O.2 Informal Work as a Percentage of the Labor Force; Who Is Working Informally in Europe's Shadow Economy?; Boxes; O.1 The Shadow Economy and Informal Employment: Terms Used in This Book; Structural Incentives Are Important, Particularly Taxation; Formal Work Should "Pay" for Low-Wage Earners; Labor Market Regulation Should Promote Formal Job CreationBuilding Institutional Credibility and Trust in the State Is CriticalNotes; References; Chapter 1 Informal Employment in Europe's Shadow Economy; Europe's Informal Employment in Context; 1.1 Estimates of the Size of the Shadow Economy as a Percentage of GDP; 1.1 Grasping at Shadows? The Shadow Economy as a Percentage of GDP; 1.2 Percentage of the Labor Force in Informal Employment: Firm Size Criterion for Dependent Employed; 1.3 Percentage of the Labor Force in Informal Employment: Social Insurance Criterion for Dependent Employed; Tables1.1 Informality Rates across Different Groups in Six New Member States, 2008 (percent)1.4 Extent of Informal Work by Contract Criterion; Profile of People Working Informally; 1.5 Informal Work in Europe Is Mainly Taken Up by Men; 1.6 Age Profile of People in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.7 Educational Attainment of People in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.8 Distribution of the Formally and Informally Employed across Skilled and Nonskilled, Manual and Nonmanual Work; 1.9 Distribution of Formally and Informally Employed across Economic Sectors1.10 Informal Workers Who Say That They Belong to Groups Suffering Discrimination1.11 Are Those Working Informally More Likely to Belong to a Native Ethnic Minority?; 1.12 Share of Immigrants without the Right to Work because of Nationality in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.13 Share of Natives with Immigrant Background and Immigrants with the Right to Work because of Nationality in Formal and Informal Employment; The Economic Cycle and Movement across the Labor Market; 1.14 Informal Workers Who Have Experienced Long-Term Unemployment1.15 In Most of Europe, Informal Employment Falls as Unemployment Rises1.16 Probability of Informal Work in Poland Grew in the High-Growth Years; 1.17 In Romania Movement from Unemployment into Informal Work Was Greater and Faster than into Formal Work; 1.18 The Share of the Labor Force in Informal Work Was Relatively Stable in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; 1.19 The Probability of Moving from Formal Employment and Informal Employment to Unemployment Was Similar in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; Notes; ReferencesChapter 2 Conceptual Framework: More than Structural IncentivesWhat to do about the extent of unregulated informal employment and the size of the shadow economy is a dilemma that has been gaining urgency, particularly in Europe's periphery. The forces that accompany globalization put a premium on mobility and skill-renewal. Rapid population ageing will require that people work longer and be far more productive. To achieve this, social and economic institutions have to be more pro-employment, encouraging greater participation in the formal economy. And looking ahead, public financial resources will be increasingly scarce, giving urgency to measures that caWorld Bank e-Library.Informal sector (Economics)TaxationEuropeTaxationEuropeInformal sector (Economics)TaxationTaxation331Packard Truman1105144Koettl Johannes1559048Montenegro Claudio1524460World Bank.DLCDLCBOOK9910790304903321In from the shadow3823931UNINA