Despite a growing number of studies featuring “informality” in their title, including many from
the post-socialist region, little has been done to reach a consensus on what informality …

This paper presents various methods used for estimating the size of the shadow economy.
Each method is evaluated and its strengths and weaknesses are discussed, as well as …

In recent years, scholars adopting institutional theory have explained the tendency of
entrepreneurs to operate in the informal sector to be a result of the asymmetry between …

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 …

The aim of this introductory article is to provide a critical overview of how informality has
been defined and measured, together with selected findings on its extent and character, and …

This article assesses the trajectory of postsocialism as a concept and mounts a fivefold
critique of postsocialism as: referring to a vanishing object; emphasising rupture over …

This paper presents the various methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy, their
strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of the paper is twofold. Firstly, it demonstrates that …

Given that 60 per cent of the global workforce is in the informal sector, this article develops a
typology that classifies economies according to, firstly, where different countries sit on a …

Across the world, many earn monetary income that they do not declare to the state for tax,
social security and/or labour law purposes. This work in the shadows is not some minor …

This article examines the undeclared economy in general, and envelope wages more
particularly, in 10 Central and East European countries, drawing on a 2013 Eurobarometer …