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Guest workers in the underground economy

Djajić, Slobodan; Mesnard, Alice - 2013

Guest-worker programs have been providing rapidly growing economies with millions of temporary foreign workers over the last couple of decades. With the duration of stay strictly limited by program rules in most of the host countries and wages paid to guest workers often set at sub-market...

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Kommentar zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Intensivierung der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit und damit zusammenhängender Steuerhinterziehung

Gebauer, Andrea - In: ifo Schnelldienst 57 (2004) 09, pp. 10-17

Das Volumen der Schattenwirtschaft, also insbesondere von Schwarzarbeit und illegaler Beschäftigung, ist in Deutschland … durch Schwarzarbeit auch zu Wettbewerbsverschärfungen, die legal arbeitende Unternehmen in Schwierigkeiten bringen können … Intensivierung der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit und damit zusammenhängender Steuerhinterziehung zu begrüßen. Er zielt darauf ab, das …

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Tax evasion, minimum wage non-compliance and informality

Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy; Siddique, Zahra - 2011

We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal workforce. Our approach allows us to examine (i) the...

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Does Tax Evation Affect Unemployment and Educational Choice?

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2003

While examining the macroeconomic effects of government tax and punishment policies, this paper develops a three-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions and worker-firm wage bargaining. Workers are assumed to differ in ability, and the choice of education is determined...

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Wages, Unemployment, and the Underground Economy

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2001

While examining the macroeconomic effects of increased government control of the informal sector, this paper develops a two-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions and worker-firm wage bargaining. Different goods are produced in the formal sector and the informal sector,...

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Explaining institutional change: Why elected politicians implement direct democracy

Hugh-Jones, David - 2008

In existing models of direct democratic institutions, the median voter benefits, but representative politicians are harmed since their policy choices can be overridden. This is a puzzle, since representative politicians were instrumental in creating these institutions. I build a model of direct...

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Gaining credibility and enhancing economic growth through regional integration: The case for EU membership of Eastern Europe

Piazolo, Daniel - 1997

Trade between Eastern and Western Europe has increased considerably in the last years. Given this market-induced development, why should it be necessary to advance institutional integration? This paper argues that Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) can potentially enhance the...

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Testing incentives for illegal employment: Implicit contracts vs trade union bargaining

Haupt, Stefan - 1998

discussion in Germany about passing a minimum wage in the German construction sector in order to keep foreign firms from wage ….000 unregistered illegal aliens in Germany. Similar arguments are raised concerning the problem of illegal employment in general in the …

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Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Quantifizierung der Schattenwirtschaft

Nold, Martina; Schulze, Peter M. - 1994

Insbesondere in den achtziger Jahren sind. zahlreiche Untersuchungen zur Schattenwirtschaft - im folgenden mit SW … Bereich der eigentlichen Schwarzarbeit“, der meist als Untergrundwirtschaft bezeichnet wird. (Im folgenden werden die Begriffe … Determinantenansatz eine Schätzung für die BR Deutschland der Jahre 1960-1990 vorgenommen, wie überhaupt sich die Ausführungen nur auf die …

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Finanzpolitik und Schattenwirtschaft

Wickström, Bengt-Arne (contributor) - 2010

Schattenwirtschaft in allen Erdteilen sowie eine Übersicht über die Literatur und die verschiedenen empirischen Schätzmethoden. In einer … Schattenwirtschaft gibt. Im Spiel zwischen korrupten Bürokraten reduziert die Existenz der Schattenwirtschaft die Möglichkeiten der … eine Schattenwirtschaft gibt. …

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