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References for Cash wage payments in transition economies: Consequences of envelope wages
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Further reading
- Morris, J., Polese, A. (eds). The Informal Post-Socialist Economy: Embedded Practices and Livelihoods. London: Routledge, 2014.
- Williams, C. C., Horodnic, I. A. Under-declaring Work, Falsely Declaring Work: Under-declared Employment in the European Union. Brussels: European Commission/ European Platform Undeclared, 2017.
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Key references
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Williams, C. C., Horodnic, I. A. Trends in the
Undeclared Economy and Policy Approaches. Evidence from the
2007, 2013 and 2019 Eurobarometer Surveys. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020. Key reference: [1]
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Chavdarova, T. Envelope
wages Paper presented at
the States and States of Informality Conference, Sofia, 2014. Key reference: [2]
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Williams, C. C. "Formal and
informal employment in Europe: Beyond dualistic
representations" European Urban and
Regional Studies 16:2 (2009): 147–159. Key reference: [3]
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Woolfson, C. "Pushing the
envelope: The ‘informalization’ of labour in post-communist new
EU member states" Work, Employment
and Society 21:3 (2007): 551–564. Key reference: [4]
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Williams, C. C., Horodnic, I. "Evaluating the
prevalence of the undeclared economy in Central and Eastern
Europe: An institutional asymmetry perspective" European Journal
of Industrial Relations 21:4 (2015): 389–406. Key reference: [5]
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Williams, C. C., Padmore, J. "Envelope wages in
the European Union" International
Labour Review 152:3–4 (2013): 411–430. Key reference: [6]
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Williams, C. C. "Tackling
undeclared work in Europe: Lessons from a study of
Ukraine" European Journal
of Industrial Relations 13:2 (2007): 219–237. Key reference: [7]
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Williams, C. C., Horodnic, I. "Tackling the
informal economy in Southeast Europe: An institutional
approach" Southeast European
and Black Sea Studies 15:4 (2015): 519–539. Key reference: [8]
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Schneider, F., Williams, C. C. The Shadow
Economy. London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 2013. Key reference: [9]
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Williams, C. C., Round, J. "Beyond negative
depictions of informal employment: Some lessons from
Moscow" Urban
Studies 44:12 (2007): 2321–2338. Key reference: [10]
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Meriküll, J., Staehr, K. "Unreported
employment and envelope wages in mid-transition: Comparing
developments and causes in the Baltic countries" Comparative
Economic Studies 52 (2010): 637–670. Key reference: [11]
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Putniṇš, T., Sauka, A. "Measuring the
shadow economy using company managers" Journal of
Comparative Economics 43:2 (2015): 471–490. Key reference: [12]
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Horodnic, I. A., Williams, C. C., Ianole-Călin, R. "Does higher
cash-in-hand income motivate young people to engage in
under-declared employment?" Eastern Journal of
European Studies 11:2 (2020): 48–69. Key reference: [13]
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Williams, C. C., Horodnic, I. A. "Explaining and
tackling envelope wages in the Baltic Sea " Baltic Journal of
Management 10:3 (2015): 295–312. Key reference: [14]
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Torgler, B., Schneider, F. Shadow Economy,
Tax Morale, Governance and Institutional Quality: A Panel
Analysis IZA Discussion
Paper No.2563, 2007. Key reference: [15]
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Williams, C. C., Horodnic, I. A. Trends in the
Undeclared Economy and Policy Approaches. Evidence from the
2007, 2013 and 2019 Eurobarometer Surveys. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020.
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