Williams, C.C. and Horodnic, I. (2015) Who participates in the undeclared economy in South-Eastern Europe? An evaluation of the marginalization thesis. South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 13 (2). pp. 157-175. ISSN 2233-1999
Abstract
To evaluate the “marginalization thesis” which posits that marginalized populations are more likely to engage in the undeclared economy, a 2013 Eurobarometer survey of six South-East European countries is analysed. Finding that some marginalized populations (e.g., those having difficulties paying household bills, the unemployed, younger people) are significantly more likely to participate in undeclared work, but others are not (e.g., poorer nations, women, those with fewer years in formal education, those living in rural areas), the outcome is a call for a more variegated and nuanced understanding of the marginalization thesis. The paper then discusses the theoretical and policy implications.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | informal economy; underground sector; shadow economy; marginalized; Baltic region |
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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: | 08 Oct 2015 10:44 |
Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2020 14:26 |
Published Version: | https://ojs.lib.uom.gr/index.php/seeje/article/vie... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | De Gruyter Open |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89901 |