causal factors of the shadow economy as well as on a comparison of the size of the shadow economy using different estimation …This survey presents the various methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy, their strengths and weaknesses and … the estimation results. The purpose of the survey is threefold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method to estimate …

economy and provides a comparison of the size of the shadow economy using different estimation methods. …This paper presents various methods for estimating the size of the shadow economy and analyzes their strengths and … weaknesses. The purpose of the paper is twofold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method exists to estimate the size and …

globe. A robust finding in these studies is the positive association between unemployment rates and the size of the … unofficial sector. However, with consistent estimates of the size of the unofficial sector only available from the late 1980s, a … long-run equilibrium relationship between unemployment and the size of the shadow economy. Our empirical model lends strong …

We build a general equilibrium model in which both illegal immigration and the size of the informal sector are …

Using the currency demand and DYMIMIC approaches estimates are presented about the size of the shadow economy in 22 … Transition and 21 OECD countries. Over 2001/2002 in 21 OECD countries is the average size of the shadow economy (in percent of … official GDP) 16.7% of "official" GDP and of 22 Transition countries 38.0%. The average size of the shadow economy labor force …

economy size and GDP per capita. Our results imply that the shadow economy tends to increase when economic development …

between the minimum wage and the size of the Romanian shadow economy using quarterly data for the period 2000-2015. The MIMIC …, a slow decrease was observed. The potential effect of an increase in the minimum wage on the size of the shadow economy …