Survey on the Shadow Economy and Undeclared Earnings in OECD Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars P. Feld ◽  
Friedrich Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Tax Policies ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Economic Opportunities

Abstract In most OECD countries the policy instrument of choice to prevent people from working in the shadows has been deterrence. While deterrence is well founded from a theoretical point of view, the empirical evidence on its success is weak: tax policies and state deregulation appear to work much better. The discussion of the recent literature underlines that in addition to economic opportunities, the overall situation in the labor market and unemployment are crucial for an understanding of the dynamics of the shadow economy.

scholarly journals In the Shadow of the State - the Informal Economy and Informal Economy Labor Force

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Value Added ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
The State ◽  
General Situation ◽  
Tax Policies ◽  
Economic Opportunities

Abstract In this paper, the main focus lies on the informal economy and on work in the shadow. The most influential factors on the informal economy are tax policies and state regulation. The size of the informal economy was decreasing over the period 1999 to 2007, from 34.0% to 31.2% for 161 countries (unweighted average). Furthermore, economic opportunities, taxes and regulations, the general situation on the labor market, and unemployment are crucial for an understanding of the dynamics of the shadow labor force. In contrast with the decrease of the informal economy (value added figures), the informal economy labor force increased for most countries over the period 1999 to 2007.

Money demand and the shadow economy: empirical evidence from OECD countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1627-1645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut Herwartz ◽  
Jordi Sardà ◽  
Bernd Theilen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Money Demand ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Oecd Countries

scholarly journals The Mechanism Of The Functions Of Labor Market

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafar Hudayberdiev
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Common View ◽  
Active Population ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Cis Countries

 From theoretical point of view there are different approaches on determining the object that causes of buying -selling interactions in labor market. There are discussions since the middle of the last century. If the economists of CIS countries had the common view about it before the market economy, it became intricate under the influence of western economists.     From practical point of view, among the whole population of Uzbekistan the tendency of the growth of the population of working age and the shrink of dependency is observed, which requires to increase the number of employed among economic active population. It is important to mention that, during the financial- economic recession, the republic adopted anti-crisis program for 2009-2012, which mainly directed to the most important problems such as creating new labor places and improving the living standards of the population.

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