Horodnic, I.A., Williams, C.C. orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-1933, Manolică, A. et al. (2 more authors) (2023) Employer perspectives on undeclared work in the service sector : impacts and policy responses. The Service Industries Journal, 43 (5-6). pp. 358-377. ISSN 0264-2069
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact on service sector businesses of competitors’ undeclared work practices and the policy measures service enterprises perceive as most effective in tackling such noncompliant behaviour. The results of a survey with 1,130 service sector businesses reveals that illegal competition is the most common major obstacle for their activity and more than a half are severely affected by competitors undertaking undeclared work. However, the proportion of businesses perceiving competitors undertaking undeclared work as a major obstacle varies across different service industries, as do the policy measures that businesses view as required to tackle undeclared work. The paper concludes by discussing the policy implications and calling for a shift from the dominant deterrence approach aimed at eradicating undeclared work to measures aimed at supporting the transition to declared work.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in The Service Industries Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | service sector; undeclared work; informal entrepreneurship; informal competition; policy measures; 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 European Commission - Horizon 2020 746358 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2020 09:32 |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2024 10:46 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02642069.2020.1731476 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:158310 |