The paper surveys different approaches to the estimation of the underground economy. First, the focus is on the methodologies adopted by the Italian and French Statistical Institutes, respectively based on the exhaustive estimate of the labour input and on tax compliance data. Secondly, we...

The aim of this paper is to explore the use of administrative data to study the choices of firms relating to the utilization of regular and irregular workers. The data are collected by the INPS (National Social Security Administration) during inspection activity aimed to catch irregular workers...

Italian Abstract: La criminalità organizzata condiziona lo sviluppo socio-economico dei territori dove è radicata attraverso una molteplicità di canali. Analizzare tali effetti è tuttavia difficile, anche per l’impossibilità di osservare e misurare con certezza la presenza mafiosa....

In this paper, we investigate on the determinants of the size of shadow economy (SE) in Latin America. While the analysis of economic causes of SE has been extensively studied in literature, here we offer a wider prospective. In addition to overall economic development, unemployment rate, and...