In the Shadow of the State -  the Informal Economy and Informal Economy Labor Force

Schneider, Friedrich

doi:10.2478/danb-2014-0013

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“…Generally, corruption is part of the larger family of the so-called "gray economy", which affects the national economy and especially the ability of the state to collect taxes, see Schneider et al (2010), Kaufmann (2010), Cooray, Schneider (2013). Illegal employment is also part of the shadow economy (Schneider, 2014). This phenomenon is general -we can even say "expected" -because there were 119.6 million people in the EU living in poverty and social exclusion in 2011 (Birčiáková, Stávková, Antošová, 2013) The European Union is attempting to combat this problem (Schneider, 2014).…”

Section: Corruption and Its Forms: State-of-the-artmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Illegal employment is also part of the shadow economy (Schneider, 2014). This phenomenon is general -we can even say "expected" -because there were 119.6 million people in the EU living in poverty and social exclusion in 2011 (Birčiáková, Stávková, Antošová, 2013) The European Union is attempting to combat this problem (Schneider, 2014). Shadow economies are a complex phenomenon present to a significant extent in developing, transition as well as highly-developed economies (Buehn, Schneider, 2011;Johnson, 1997).…”

Section: Corruption and Its Forms: State-of-the-artmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Corruption and System Change in the Czech Republic: Firm-Level Evidence

Koudelková

Strielkowski

Hejlová

2015

DANUBE: Law and Economics Review

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Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in all countries undergoing market transition. However, the Czech Republic stands apart, with its incredible entanglement of corruption, politics and business. Although corruption on the firm level in the Czech Republic is heavily criticized, the results of our in-depth interviews conducted with Czech SMEs showed that almost every firm has encountered some form of corruption and even used corruption to either increase sales, help negotiations, or increase production. Most of our respondents admitted that corruption was useful for day-to-day business. This article aims to obtain information about the state of corruption in enterprises in the Czech Republic and map the behaviour of entrepreneurs in companies. Our results offer ways to fight corruption: apart from highlighting the negative traits of corruption, emphasis should be made on determining to what extent corruption would be acceptable for firms and their clients. This could be useful for designing various state policies that might influence system change and market development in CEECs and both directly and indirectly influence the volume of corruption.

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Section: Corruption and Its Forms: State-of-the-artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Corruption and Its Forms: State-of-the-artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corruption and System Change in the Czech Republic: Firm-Level Evidence

Koudelková

Strielkowski

Hejlová

2015

DANUBE: Law and Economics Review

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“…Increased underground economic growth will cause problems with poor fiscal decentralization policies and particularly growing regional economy in local level (Kanao et al, 2010). The general stereotype against performers in the underground economy is slum, filthy, disorderly, poor-ordered trade facility, unorganized business, unpleasant street vendors (Schneider, 2014). This characterizes the condition of the economy segment, namely the relatively limited size of operation, local resource reliance, time and location versatility and relatively simple accessibility (Tanzi & Fund, 2014;Wa Ode, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The portrait of the underground economy and tax evasion: Descriptive analysis from border region

Kristianto¹,

Widya²,

Nadapdap³

2021

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Underground economic activity is a phenomenon that requires special and continuous treatment. This phenomenon is counterproductive to local revenues and is related to corrupt practices and tax evasion. The research was conducted in Bengkayang Regency, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The qualitative phenomenological method was carried out by interviewing underground economic actors such as liquor producers, "pangku" coffee shops, and street vendors. The findings indicate that corruption activities in the form of collecting bribes and offering bribes are carried out in cash without going through a legal transaction mechanism. The underground economy practices tax evasion, does business without a permit, pays substandard wages, and does not protect workers with insurance. The underground economic activity will contribute to an increase in the circulation of money in society, but do not take into account the regional economy. Such situations call for massive supervision of individuals and the introduction of pentahelix elements to form synergies between actors and to begin to integrate and develop digital structures in every financial activity using e-government systems.JEL Classification D73; E26; O17

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“…The influence of tax and state regulation on the scale of the grey economy has been studied by many Russian and foreign scientists. In his work F. Schneider points to the growth of employment in the informal sector in most countries for the period from 1999-2007 (Schneider, 2015). It seems necessary to strengthen control over the shadow economy and develop a system of measures to combat tax evasion, both in the European Union and in other countries (Yuneva & Avdeeva, 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%