This report is an update of the 2017 European Platform tackling undeclared work report that provided estimates of undeclared work in the private sector for 2013. Employing the same methodology, this study provides estimates on the prevalence of undeclared work in the European Union (EU) in...

This landmark volume brings together leading scholars in the field to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal economy. Researchers, practitioners and policy makers will find this book an invaluable guide to the significance of the informal economy.

In many countries, governments sometimes employ irregular workers. Although their employment is fragile and is causing "working poor'' problem, local governments sometimes offer many temporary and irregular jobs and many people apply to them. To answer the reason why governments sometime employ...

To understand undeclared work and how to tackle it, this report examines the prevalence of undeclared work in the construction sector followed by how it can be tackled. This includes an outline of the policy initiatives being pursued as a result of the TUWIC (Tackling undeclared work in the...

Temporary and part-time workers constitute an important and increasing segment of the workforce in the United States. In this theoretical paper, we examine the impact of IT-induced employment irregularities and deskilling on physical and mental health and economic well-being of such workers. We...

Recent scholarly work has shifted its attention from the prevalence of the shadow economy in less developed country contexts, towards an examination of the incidence of undeclared work within developed European economies. However, little is known about the interaction between institutional...

Economic Globalization has a twofold impact on working individuals in developing economies – a surge in informal economic activities and fragmentation of work on one hand and expansion of opportunities, on the other. Economic globalization also implies increasing helplessness in the face of...