Artikel
Illegitimate wage practices in Eastern Europe: The case of evelope wages
To evaluate the prevalence in Eastern Europe of a little discussed illegitimate wage practice in which employers pay their formal employees both a declared wage and an undeclared 'envelope wage', an extensive survey involving 10,671 face-to-face interviews in eleven post-socialist societies is here reported. The finding is that 10 per cent of all employees received envelope wages during the last 12 months amounting on average to two-fifths of their gross annual wage. Revealing how although unevenly distributed, this wage practice is nonetheless ubiquitous throughout Eastern Europe, the paper concludes by briefly reviewing policy options for tackling this labour arrangement.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: Journal for East European Management Studies ; ISSN: 0949-6181 ; Volume: 13 ; Year: 2008 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 253-270 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag
- Classification
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Management
- Subject
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envelope wages
informal economy
shadow sector
tax compliance
undeclared work
Eastern Europe
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Williams, Colin C.
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Veröffentlichung
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Rainer Hampp Verlag
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Mering
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2008
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Associated
- Williams, Colin C.
- Rainer Hampp Verlag
Time of origin
- 2008
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