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Tackling Undeclared Work in Croatia and Four EU Candidate Countries

Williams, Colin - 2013

A review of policies for tackling undeclared work in Croatia and four EU candidate countries.The aim of this report is … four EU candidate countries: Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Turkey. The objectives are … the report, the five countries are compared with the 27 EU Member States (EU27) where feasible …

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Developing An Awareness Raising Campaign on Undeclared Work in the Western Balkans

Williams, Colin - 2021

The objectives of this report are: to review the elements of an effective education and awareness raising campaign on undeclared work; to set out a proposal for an education and awareness raising campaign on undeclared work in the Western Balkans, and to provide good practice examples of...

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Tackling Undeclared Work in the Construction Industry : Policy Report

Williams, Colin - 2020

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...

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Preventative Policy Measures to Tackle Undeclared Work in Croatia

Williams, Colin - 2017

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Under-Declaring Work, Falsely Declaring Work : Under-Declared Employment in the European Union

Williams, Colin - 2017

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Evaluating the Prevalence and Distribution of Envelope Wages in the European Union : Lessons from a 2013 Eurobarometer Survey

Williams, Colin - 2016

The aim of this article is to evaluate the prevalence and distribution in the European Union of a little discussed illegitimate employment practice whereby employers pay their formal employees both an official declared salary and an undeclared ‘envelope' wage so as to evade the full tax and...

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A Critical Evaluation of the Policy Options Towards the Undeclared Economy

Williams, Colin - 2015

To evaluate critically the policy options available for tackling the undeclared economy, this paper commences by evaluating the implications of four hypothetical policy choices, namely doing nothing, de-regulating the declared economy, eradicating the undeclared economy, or moving undeclared...

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Explaining Cross-National Variations in the Prevalence of Envelope Wages : Some Lessons from a 2013 Eurobarometer Survey

Williams, Colin - 2015

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...

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Explaining Cross-National Variations in the Prevalence and Character of Undeclared Employment in the European Union

Williams, Colin - 2015

The aim of this article is to evaluate the competing theories that variously explain the greater prevalence of undeclared employment in some countries either as: a legacy of under-development; a result of the voluntary exit from declared employment due to the high taxes, state corruption and...

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Fostering Community Self-Help in Deprived Neighbourhoods

Williams, Colin - 2015

Attempts to nurture community self-help in deprived neighbourhoods presently tend to pursue the ‘third sector' route of developing community-based groups. Reporting data from recent UK government surveys of community involvement, however, this article uncovers how such a third sector approach...

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