Outside the State - the Shadow Economy and Shadow Economy Labor Force

Arbeitspapier

In this paper the main focus lies on the shadow economy and on work in the shadow. The most influential factors on the shadow economy are tax policies and state regulation. The size of the shadow economy was decreasing over 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 under-standing of the dynamics of the shadow labor force. Opposite to the decrease of the shadow economy (value added figures), the shadow economy labor force increased for most countries over the period 1999 to 2007.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4829

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; Tax Evasion and Avoidance ; Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
• Subject: shadow economy ; undeclared work ; shadow labor force ; tax morale ; tax pressure ; state regulation ; labor market

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schneider, Friedrich
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/102178
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET