Horodnic, I. and Williams, C.C. (2019) Tackling undeclared work in the European Union: beyond the rational economic actor approach. Policy Studies, 43 (1). pp. 21-55. ISSN 0144-2872
Abstract
To tackle the undeclared economy, an emergent literature has called for the dominant “rational economic actor” approach, which increases the sanctions and risk of detection, to be replaced and/or complemented by a “social actor” approach that fosters citizens’ commitment to compliance. Reporting two waves of the Eurobarometer survey conducted in 2007 and 2013 across Europe, fixed-effects logistic regression analysis reveals that although both approaches reduce participation in undeclared work, the strength of the impact of deterrents on the likelihood of participation in undeclared work has weakened between 2007 and 2013, but has strengthened for vertical and horizontal trust. The paper concludes by discussing the policy implications of these findings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Taylor & Francis. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Policy Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | undeclared work; rational economic actors; vertical trust; horizontal trust; public policy; European Union |
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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 - HORIZON 2020 746358 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2019 14:31 |
Last Modified: | 22 May 2024 15:45 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01442872.2019.1649384 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:148924 |