the hidden economy and the size of self-employment can be explained by similar explanatory variables, tax rates and … corruption being prominent among them. In part 4 we set up and quantify a model to analyze the interrelationships among the … statistical agencies. We show that the size of this part of the hidden economy is determined by the tax rate related to the …

determinants such as: corruption, regulation and bureaucracy, quality of public and government services, detection probability …

interface of labor market policies and public economics. Moreover, how rent seeking and corruption within the informal segment … the gap. We identify conditions under which economic reform in the formal segment will increase the rate of corruption or … reforms may increase corruption instead of reducing it, as claimed previously. …