The bottom-up power of informal entrepreneurship / José Ernesto Amors, Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian, Oscar Cristi and Maria Minniti -- Estimating the size of the shadow economies of 162 countries using MIMIC method / Friedrich Schneider -- The components and determinants of the shadow economy :...

Introduction / Arnis Sauka, Friedrich Schneider and Colin C. Williams -- 1. The bottom up power of informal entrepreneurship / José Ernesto Amorós, Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian, Oscar Cristi and Maria Minniti -- 2. Estimating the size of the shadow economies of 162 countries using mimic method /...

This book brings together two leading researchers in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the shadow economy from a global perspective. Reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of measuring the informal sector, the authors evaluate its size and key determinants...

This paper presents estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition, and OECD countries, which are derived by combining figures from different estimation methods. We describe and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the different estimation methods. We find that the...