Littlewood, D.C. orcid.org/0000-0001-8994-1293, Rogers, P. and Junhong, Y. (2018) “The price is different depending on whether you want a receipt or not”: examining the purchasing of goods and services from the informal economy in South-East Europe. The Service Industries Journal, 38 (11-12). pp. 688-707. ISSN 0264-2069
Abstract
Research on the informal economy has largely focussed on supply-side issues, addressing questions like what motivates individuals to work in the informal economy, and as a result how can governments tackle this phenomenon. To date, much less attention has been given to demand-side aspects of the informal economy, examining issues around who purchases goods and services from the informal economy, why, and to what extent there are variations according to demographic, socio-economic and geographic dimensions. This paper contributes towards addressing this imbalance by examining the purchasing of goods and services from the informal economy in South-East Europe. Firstly, this paper identifies the prevalence of such informal purchasing in South-East Europe as well as who undertakes such purchasing. Next, it examines the relative significance of cost factors, social factors, and failures in the formal economy, in motivating such purchasing. Finally, it explores variability in the significance of these motivators based on individual-level factors, within and across three South-East European countries.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Service Industries Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Informal Economy; Services; Demand-side; South-East Europe |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - FP6/FP7 GREY - 611259 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2018 12:02 |
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2020 08:55 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2018.1444032 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02642069.2018.1444032 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127695 |