The shadow economy : an expanding field of activity

by Eckhardt Wohlers

The existence of a broad range of economic activities in the “shadow” of the official economy is nothing fundamentally new. However, there are signs that the shift into the shadow economy has been increasing considerably from the seventies onwards. Whereas growth in the “official” economy slowed down perceptibly, the shadow economy has clearly become a pronounced growth sector in the Federal Republic of Germany and in many other industrial countries.

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Year of publication:	September/October 1984
Authors:	Wohlers, Eckhardt
Published in:	Intereconomics : review of European economic policy. - Warsaw, Poland : Sciendo, ISSN 1613-964X, ZDB-ID 2066476-X. - Vol. 19.1984, 5, p. 214-218
Subject:	Schattenwirtschaft \| Deutschland \| Informal Economy \| Underground economy \| Informelle Wirtschaft \| Informal economy \| Schwarzarbeit \| Moonlighting

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1007/BF02928340 [DOI] hdl:10419/139933 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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