Williams, C.C. (2014) Explaining cross-national variations in the prevalence of envelope wages: some lessons from a 2013 Eurobarometer survey. Industrial Relations Journal, 45 (6). 524 - 542 . ISSN 1468-2338
Abstract
The aim of this article is to evaluate competing theories that variously explain the greater prevalence of envelope wages in some countries either as: a legacy of underdevelopment (modernisation thesis); due to high taxes, state corruption and burdensome regulations and controls (neo-liberal thesis), or a result of inadequate state intervention in work and welfare arrangements, which leaves workers less than fully protected (political economy thesis). Reporting a 2013 survey of cross-national variations in the prevalence of envelope wages, the finding is that the results refute the neo-liberal thesis but support both the modernisation and political economy theses, revealing that this illegitimate wage practice is more common in poorer, less equal countries with lower taxation and social protection levels and less effective redistribution via social transfers. The theoretical and policy implications are then discussed
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Industrial Relations Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Jul 2015 09:36 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2016 05:30 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irj.12077 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/irj.12077 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:87288 |