Cross-National Variations in Undeclared Work: Results from a Survey of 27 European Countries

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin C. Williams
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
Undeclared Work ◽  
Cross National

Joining up the fight against undeclared work in Europe

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 1758-1771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin C. Williams ◽  
Sara Nadin
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
National Level ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Undeclared Work ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Cross National

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to evaluate the degree to which there is cross‐national cooperation when tackling undeclared work and how the fight against undeclared work in Europe might be more effectively coordinated.Design/methodology/approachA multi‐stage inductive approach is used involving a web survey of 104 senior government officials, trade unions and employer organisations in 31 European countries, 33 follow‐up in‐depth explanatory interviews, four two‐day focus groups in European regions involving 44 stakeholders, and a European‐wide focus group of 20 stakeholders.FindingsCollaboration between European countries is currently partial and very limited when tackling undeclared work. To more effectively collaborate, the consensus amongst the participating stakeholders is that an inclusive network of experts covering the tax, social security and labour aspects of undeclared work needs to be developed which engages in information sharing, capacity building and operational cooperation not only on the issue of cross‐border undeclared work but also combating undeclared work at the national level.Research limitations/implicationsUntil now, the literature on undeclared work has not evaluated the extent and nature of cross‐national collaborations to tackle this phenomenon. This paper fills that gap.Practical implicationsThe paper reports the consensus reached amongst pan‐European stakeholders on how to more effectively broker knowledge on a multilateral cross‐national basis to tackle undeclared work.Originality/valueThis is the first evaluation of cross‐national collaboration in relation to tackling undeclared work in Europe.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 confinement on eating behaviours across 16 European countries: The COVIDiet cross-national study

2021 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 104231
Author(s):  
Esther Molina-Montes ◽  
Irina Uzhova ◽  
Vito Verardo ◽  
Reyes Artacho ◽  
Belén García-Villanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
National Study ◽  
Eating Behaviours ◽  
Cross National Study ◽  
Cross National

Relationality and linked lives during transitions to parenthood in Europe: an analysis of institutionally framed work-care divisions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Grunow ◽  
Marie Evertsson
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Heterosexual Couple ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Institutional Embeddedness ◽  
Linked Lives ◽  
Gender Divisions ◽  
Cross National

This article ties together key findings from a 12-year cross-national qualitative collaboration that involved researchers from nine European countries. Our comparative analysis draws on longitudinal heterosexual couple data, in which both partners were interviewed first, during pregnancy, and second, between six months and two-and-a-half years after childbirth. We tackle the relational ties that shape family practices from a lifecourse perspective, emphasising the interdependent construction of motherhood and fatherhood identities, couples’ institutional embeddedness and linked lives. Analysing the data by combining the relationality and lifecourse perspectives brings forth how women and men enact agency in a constrained environment while making consequential decisions about their own, their partners’ and children’s futures. Whereas the gender culture provides parents with arguments and discourses to motivate their work-care plans, the policy context limits how new parents interact as they seek to escape or cope with institutionally prescribed gender divisions of work and care.

Offering undeclared workers financial help during Covid19 pandemic can bring them out of shadows into the declared economy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Undeclared Work

Purpose The authors wanted to examine why undeclared workers had not received financial assistance in Europe during the pandemic and find the best way to help them and bring them out of the shadows. Design/methodology/approach To identify those whose paid work is entirely undeclared, a Eurobarometer survey of undeclared work in Europe is reported conducted in September 2019, just prior to the pandemic, and involving 27,565 face-to-face interviews in 28 European countries. Findings The paid work of one in every 132 citizens in Europe comprises wholly of undeclared work and one in 28 work at least some of the time in the undeclared economy. These workers have received no support, but they are more likely to be financially vulnerable. A high percentage of undeclared workers are widowed, divorced and living in households with multiple persons. Originality/value The authors argue that short-term support for these individuals could not only help them to survive the pandemic financially, but also transform undeclared work into declared work with long-term benefits for individuals and the wider economy.

scholarly journals Cross-national differences in child food neophobia: A comparison of five European countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 103861 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Proserpio ◽  
V.L. Almli ◽  
P. Sandvik ◽  
M. Sandell ◽  
L. Methven ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Countries ◽  
Food Neophobia ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Cross National

Outsourcing in 18 European countries: The role of worker power

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-499
Author(s):  
Fabian Dekker ◽  
Ferry Koster
Keyword(s):  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
National Data ◽  
Logistic Analysis ◽  
European Economies ◽  
Cross National

Most research on outsourcing looks at cost-driven, resource-based or transformational motives to understand outsourcing decisions at the company-level. This article brings in the workers’ perspective, which is a topic that has not been the focus of attention of most previous studies. The article takes cross-national data for 18,264 companies in 18 European economies to examine the role of worker power on outsourcing decisions. According to the results from multilevel logistic analysis and contrary to the authors’ expectations, worker power relates to a higher likelihood of outsourcing. This article concludes with some thoughts on this finding and presents some directions for future research.

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