Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
IZA World of Labor role
Author
Current position
Assistant Professor, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Research interest
Personnel economics, labor economics, business economics, informal economy
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Past positions
Post-doctoral Fellow, “Gh. Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy Iași Branch, Iași, Romania (2014–2015); Associate Teaching Assistant, Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univeristy of Iași, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Iași, Romania (2009–2015)
Qualifications
PhD Marketing, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, 2012
Selected publications
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“Evaluating the illegal employer practice of under-reporting employees’ salaries.” British Journal of Industrial Relations (2016) (with C. C. Williams).
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“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 (with C. C. Williams).
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“Motivation and research productivity in a university system undergoing transition.” Research Evaluation 24:3 (2015): 282–292 (with A. Zaiț).
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“Explaining participation in the informal economy: An institutional incongruence perspective.” International Sociology 30:3 (2015): 294–313 (with C. C. Williams and J. Windebank).
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“Evaluating competing public policy approaches towards the informal economy: Some lessons from the United Kingdom.” International Journal of Public Sector Management 29:4 (2016): 365–380 (with C. C. Williams and L. Burkinshaw).
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Cash wage payments in transition economies: Consequences of envelope wages
Reducing under-reporting of salaries requires institutional changes
Ioana Alexandra Horodnic, July 2016In transition economies, a significant number of companies reduce their tax and social contributions by paying their staff an official salary, described in a registered formal employment agreement, and an extra, undeclared “envelope wage,” via a verbal unwritten agreement. The consequences include a loss of government income and a lack of fair play for lawful companies. For employees, accepting under-reported wages reduces their access to credit and their social protections. Addressing this issue will help increase the quality of working conditions, strengthen trade unions, and reduce unfair competition.MoreLess