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on Informal and Underground Economics |
| By: | Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Lavee, Einat |
| Abstract: | This paper explores informality in a high income country among women who, at least legally, can take on formal jobs. Specifically, we examine the determinants of paid domestic work in Israel through the lens of existing theoretical frameworks of informality. Using rich administrative data, we identify and characterize domestic workers and their labor market histories and estimate the prevalence and degree of informality. We complement this analysis with a qualitative analysis of interviews with 144 women living in poverty, who describe their choices vis-à-vis informal employment. We find that domestic workers in Israel are best described through a conceptual framework of Marginalized Agency. For them, informal employment is not a choice of last resort but rather a site of control and agency within highly constrained life situations. Nevertheless, the structural constraints associated with informality, in turn, limit the realization of their goals, especially with respect to economic and social mobility. |
| Keywords: | Informality, Domestic work, Poverty, Mixed methods |
| JEL: | J24 J46 I30 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:glodps:1584 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Gender-Gender and Development Law and Development-Human Rights Social Protections and Labor-Labor Standards Social Protections and Labor-Labor Markets Gender-Gender and Education |
| Date: | 2023–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:40401 |
| By: | Ubah Thomas Ubah; Anit Mukherjee; Brian Webster; Wendy Cunningham; Georgina Marin |
| Keywords: | Urban Development-Urban Poverty Poverty Reduction-Urban Partnerships & Poverty Information and Communication Technologies-Digital Divide Rural Development-Rural Development Strategy & Policy |
| Date: | 2023–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:40422 |
| By: | Himanshi Jain; Wendy Cunningham |
| Keywords: | Social Protections and Labor-Employment and Unemployment Finance and Financial Sector Development-Access to Finance Finance and Financial Sector Development-Financial Literacy Macroeconomics and Economic Growth-Economic Investment & Savings |
| Date: | 2023–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:40548 |
| By: | World Bank |
| Keywords: | Gender-Gender Monitoring and Evaluation Gender-Gender and Economic Policy Poverty Reduction-Employment and Shared Growth Law and Development-Human Rights |
| Date: | 2023–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wboper:40397 |
| By: | Iva Hasikova (Department of Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic); Jan Hanousek (Department of Department of Finance and Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic) |
| Abstract: | This paper analyses factors affecting VAT compliance using a panel of 22 European countries from 2000 to 2021. In particular, we studied the influence of the shadow economy, macroeconomic conditions, quality and efficiency of public institutions, and the control of corruption influencing VAT compliance. The GDP growth proxying the phases of the business cycle has a stable and positive effect on VAT compliance. Similarly, the impact of the shadow economy has been negative, statistically, and economically significant. Also, we observe a substantial impact of the government quality indicators on reducing the VAT gap. We also examine the possible “import†of tax morale through foreign subsidiaries operating in the country, and the impact remains inconclusive. Likely positively induced VAT compliance is mitigated by a negative impact of possibly sizeable exports of foreign-owned subsidiaries. From the public administration perspective, we show that all factors that affect the shadow economy are almost at the same rate transferred into increasing VAT compliance, which could make the quest for policymakers more effective. |
| Keywords: | Value-added tax (VAT), VAT gap, Gross Value Added, Shadow Economy, Tax Collection, Policy and Governance, Economic sectors |
| JEL: | H26 C33 |
| Date: | 2025–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:men:wpaper:100_2025 |
| By: | Geenen, Sara; Katz-Lavigne, Sarah |
| Abstract: | Les initiatives transnationales de diligence raisonnable définissent le risque sans tenir compte des expériences des mineurs, notamment l’incertitude économique et leurs mécanismes de solidarité. Ce papier analyse leur précarité pour mieux comprendre leur réalité quotidienne. |
| Keywords: | DR Congo, artisanal mining |
| Date: | 2025–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iob:wpaper:2025.04 |
| By: | Mulyadi, Jevon Immanuel |
| Abstract: | Artikel ini ditulis dengan tujuan mengetahui dampak dari Tax Evasion dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi Tax Evasion. Pajak merupakan sebuah komponen yang penting dalam keberlangsungan suatu kesejahteraan negara, karena uang yang didapatkan dari pajak akan menjadi Aggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN) dari negara tersebut. Bila banyak dari masyarakat negara tersebut yang melakukan Tax Evasion, maka APBD negara akan menurun dan mengakibatkan melambatnya perkembangan negara maupun meningkatnya hutang negara. APBD yang rendah juga akan berdampak pada jasa yang bisa diberikan oleh pemerintah kepada rakyatnya, seperti subsidi. Pembaca diharapkan dapat mengenali faktor yang menyebabkan meningkatnya Tax Evasion dan juga dampak yang ditimbulkan oleh Tax Evasion. Artikel ini menggunakan analisa dari artikel penelitian yang dipublikasi oleh Hari Hananto dan beberapa penulis lainnya. Artikel ini ditulis dengan bantuan ChatGPT dengan tujuan mempermudah penulisan artikel ini dan mencari korelasi yang mungkin terlewatkan oleh penulis artikel ini. |
| Date: | 2023–05–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:s935m_v1 |