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Format: 1 online resource (viii, 216 Seiten).

Edition: Second edition

ISBN: 978-1-139-54228-9

Content: Illicit work, social security fraud, economic crime and other shadow economy activities are fast becoming an international problem. This second edition uses new data to reassess currency demand and the model approach to estimate the size of the shadow economy in 151 developing, transition, and OECD countries. This updated edition argues that during the 2000s the average size of the shadow economy varied from 19 per cent of GDP for OECD countries, to 30 per cent for transition countries, to 45 per cent for developing countries. It examines the causes and consequences of this development using an integrated approach to explain deviant behaviour that combines findings from economic, sociological, and psychological research. The authors suggest that increasing taxation and social security contributions, rising state regulatory activities, and the decline of the tax morale are all driving forces behind this growth, and they propose a reform of state public institutions in order to improve the dynamics of the official economy

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) , The shadow economy : a challenge for economic and social policy -- Defining the 'shadow economy' -- Methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy -- Size of shadow economies around the world -- The size of the shadow-economy labour force -- An integrated approach to explain deviant behaviour -- Analysing the causes and measures of economic policy -- Effects of the increasing shadow economy -- The 'two-pillar strategy' -- Conclusion and outlook

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-107-03484-6

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Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Schattenwirtschaft ; Internationaler Vergleich

DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139542289

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Author information: Schneider, Friedrich 1949-

Author information: Enste, Dominik 1967-

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (216 pages) , digital, PDF file(s)

Edition: Second edition

ISBN: 9781139542289

Content: Illicit work, social security fraud, economic crime and other shadow economy activities are fast becoming an international problem. This second edition uses new data to reassess currency demand and the model approach to estimate the size of the shadow economy in 151 developing, transition, and OECD countries. This updated edition argues that during the 2000s the average size of the shadow economy varied from 19 per cent of GDP for OECD countries, to 30 per cent for transition countries, to 45 per cent for developing countries. It examines the causes and consequences of this development using an integrated approach to explain deviant behaviour that combines findings from economic, sociological, and psychological research. The authors suggest that increasing taxation and social security contributions, rising state regulatory activities, and the decline of the tax morale are all driving forces behind this growth, and they propose a reform of state public institutions in order to improve the dynamics of the official economy

Content: The shadow economy : a challenge for economic and social policy -- Defining the 'shadow economy' -- Methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy -- Size of shadow economies around the world -- The size of the shadow-economy labour force -- An integrated approach to explain deviant behaviour -- Analysing the causes and measures of economic policy -- Effects of the increasing shadow economy -- The 'two-pillar strategy' -- Conclusion and outlook

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9781107034846

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781316600894

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107034846

Language: English

Keywords: Schattenwirtschaft

DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139542289

URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)

Author information: Schneider, Friedrich 1949-

Author information: Enste, Dominik 1967-

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Format: 1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition: 2nd ed.

ISBN: 9781107034846 , 9781107307001

Content: The economic impact and cost of shadow economies have become a pronounced international problem. This second edition uses new data from seventy-six developing, transition and OECD countries to give an overview on the subject and propose solutions to prevent illicit work

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- 1 The shadow economy: a challenge for economic and social policy -- 2 Defining the 'shadow economy' -- 2.1 Informal economic activity and national income accounts -- 2.2 Shadow economy, tax evasion, and illicit work -- 3 Methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy -- 3.1 Direct approaches -- 3.2 Indirect approaches -- 3.2.1 The discrepancy between national expenditure and income statistics -- 3.2.2 The discrepancy between the official and actual labour force -- 3.2.3 Monetary methods -- 3.2.3.1 The transactions approach -- 3.2.3.2 The currency demand approach -- 3.2.4 The physical input (electricity consumption) method -- 3.2.4.1 The Kaufmann-Kaliberda method -- 3.2.4.2 The Lackó method -- 3.3 The model approach -- -- -- Causes -- Indicators -- 3.4 Summary of the methods used to estimate the size of the shadow economy -- 4 Size of shadow economies around the world -- 4.1 The results for 151 countries -- 4.2 151 countries from all over the world -- 4.2.1 Twenty-five high-income OECD countries -- 4.3 Transition countries (Eastern Europe and central Asia) -- 4.4 Developing countries -- 4.5 The size of shadow economies according to continents -- 5 The size of the shadow-economy labour force -- 5.1 Illicit work and the shadow-economy labour force -- 5.2 Developing countries - earlier results -- 5.3 Transition countries - earlier results -- 5.4 Developing and transition countries - latest results -- 5.5 OECD countries -- 6 An integrated approach to explain deviant behaviour -- 6.1 Structure of the model -- 6.1.1 Synergy effects of an integrative approach -- 6.1.2 Developing a model -- 6.2 Criticising the neoclassical and welfare-theoretical considerations -- 6.2.1 Criticising the concept of Homo Oeconomicus -- 6.2.1.1 An integrated human concept -- 6.2.2 Modifications , 6.2.2.1 Satisficing and bounded rationality -- 6.2.2.2 Frames -- 6.2.2.3 Habits -- 6.2.2.4 The man component of the RREEMM model -- 6.3 Microeconomic foundation -- 6.3.1 The explanatory contribution of economics -- 6.3.2 Basic assumptions and aspects -- 6.3.3 Models of taxation and punishment -- 6.3.3.1 Models of time allocation -- 6.3.3.2 Models of tax evasion -- 6.3.4 The extended income-leisure model -- 6.3.4.1 Graphical treatment of the basic neoclassical model -- 6.3.4.2 Illicit work and regulated working time -- 6.3.4.3 Effects of a reduction in working hours -- 6.3.5 Limitations of the income-leisure model -- 6.4 Institutional and sociological aspects -- 6.4.1 The sociological explanatory contribution -- 6.4.2 Descriptive variables, demography, and changing values -- 6.4.3 Institutions and restrictions -- 6.4.4 Some empirical investigation in Germany -- 6.4.4.1 Attitudes towards illicit work in Germany -- 6.4.4.2 Personal characteristics and sociological factors -- 6.5 Explanatory approaches in socio- and economic psychology -- 6.5.1 The explanatory contribution of socio- and economic psychology -- 6.5.2 Control and reactance theory -- 6.5.2.1 Control theory -- 6.5.2.2 Reactance theory and the shadow economy -- 6.5.3 Economic psychology -- 6.5.4 Empirical results on socio- and finance psychological factors -- 6.5.4.1 Weight and perception of burden in Germany -- 6.5.4.2 Taxation, tax morality, and regulation -- 6.5.4.3 Illicit work -- 6.6 An integrative approach -- 6.7 An evolutionary theory of the shadow economy -- 7 Analysing the causes and measures of economic policy -- 7.1 Government failure - the main cause of illicit work -- 7.2 Growing tax burden in the official sector - negative incentives through taxes -- 7.3 Density of regulation -- 7.3.1 Investigation of the impact of regulations , 7.3.2 Regulations, official labour force, and long-term unemployment -- 7.4 Estimations of the impact of regulation on shadow economies -- 7.4.1 Bivariate analysis: regulation and the shadow economy -- 7.4.2 Bivariate analysis: quality of institutions and shadow economies -- 7.4.3 Results of the random effects model -- 7.4.4 Simulation of deregulation effects on the German shadow economy -- 7.5 Political implications -- 7.6 The shadow economy - a challenge for governments -- 7.7 Measures to fight shadow economic activities -- 7.7.1 Fighting the symptoms: a hardly successful strategy -- 7.7.2 Tax deductions -- 7.7.3 Effects of a minimum wage -- 8 Effects of the increasing shadow economy -- 8.1 Allocation effects -- 8.1.1 Macroeconomic waste of resources -- 8.1.2 Reduced economic growth due to a distorted production structure -- 8.1.3 Reduced economic growth due to the lack of financing of infrastructure projects -- 8.1.4 Undistorted scarcity prices in the shadow economy -- 8.1.5 Supporting division of labour in the economy -- 8.1.6 Does the shadow economy intensify or distort competition? -- 8.1.7 Additional innovation potential in the shadow economy -- 8.1.8 Making use of fallow resources by employing illicit workers -- 8.1.9 Summing up allocation effects -- 8.2 Distribution effects -- 8.3 Stabilisation effects -- 8.4 Fiscal effects -- 8.4.1 Influence on tax yield -- 8.4.2 Influence on social security systems -- 8.4.3 Summarising the fiscal effects -- 9 The 'two-pillar strategy' -- 9.1 On the necessity for a rational economic policy -- 9.2 'Exit' and 'voice' as behavioural options -- 9.3 Decreasing the attractiveness of the 'exit option' -- 9.4 Strengthening the 'voice option' -- 9.5 Legalising illicit work? -- 9.6 Combating illicit work: the perspective of public choice theory -- 9.6.1 The view of employees, voters, and taxpayers , 9.6.2 The interests of the trade unions and employers' associations -- 9.6.3 The situation of the government -- 9.6.4 Conclusion: little interest in combating illicit work -- 10 Conclusion and outlook -- References -- Index

Additional Edition: Print version Schneider, Friedrich The Shadow Economy New York : Cambridge University Press,c2013 ISBN 9781107034846

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Format: VIII, 216 S. , graph. Darst.

Edition: 2. ed.

ISBN: 9781107307001

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , "Illicit work, social security fraud, economic crime, and other shadow economy activities are fast becoming an international problem. This second edition uses new data to reassess currency demand and the model approach to estimate the size of the shadow economy in seventy-six developing, transition, and OECD countries. This updated edition argues that during the 2000s the average size of a shadow economy varied from 19% of GDP for OECD, to 30% for transition, and to 45% for developing countries"--

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-107-03484-6

Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: Schattenwirtschaft ; Internationaler Vergleich

Author information: Schneider, Friedrich 1949-

Author information: Enste, Dominik 1967-