Cash-in-Hand Work: The Underground Sector and the Hidden Economy of Favours

By Colin Williams. 2004

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COVID-19 and undeclared work: impacts and policy responses in Europe (2020, background): “Undeclared work is more prevalent in poorer countries (Schneider & Williams, 2013; Williams, 2015), less wealthy regions (Kesteloot & Meert, 1999; Williams & Windebank, 2001) and peripheral rural areas (Button, 1984; Williams, 2004).”
Beyond Necessity-Driven Versus Opportunity-Driven Entrepreneurship (2008, methodology): “The informal economy, or what is variously called ‘cash-in-hand work’, ‘off-the-books’ transactions, the ‘shadow economy’ or the ‘underground sector’, is here defined as the paid production and sale of goods and services that are unregistered by, or hidden from, the state for tax and/or benefit purp”
The motives of off-the-books entrepreneurs: necessity- or opportunity-driven? (2009, unknown): “... in numerous advanced economies, which have usually taken the household as the unit of analysis and focused upon the domestic services sector, have revealed that relatively affluent populations and those in formal employment conduct greater amounts of off-the-books work than more deprived populat”
Shadow Economies and Corruption All Over the World: Revised Estimates for 120 Countries (2007, background): “Compare e.g. Marcelli, Pastor and Joassart (1999), Marcelli (2004), Chen (2004), Williams (2004a, 2004b, 2005a, 2005b, 2006), Williams and Windebank (1999, 2001a, 2001b), Flaming, Haydamack, and Jossart (2005) and Alderslade, Talmage and Freeman (2006), and Brueck, HaistenDeNew and Zimmermann…”
Out of the shadows: a classification of economies by the size and character of their informal sector (2014, background): “…kin, neighbours, friends and acquaintances for reasons other than financial gain, including redistributive and familial and community solidarity rationales (Morris, 2011; Persson and Malmer, 2006; Pfau-Effinger, 2009; Slack and Jensen, 2010; White, 2009; White and Williams, 2010; Williams, 2004).”
Diverse economies: performative practices for `other worlds' (2008, background): “13. See, for example, Trina Hamilton’s research into the extent of corporate policy change with respect to environmental and social responsibility in response to various pressures from shareholders and consultants ( Hamilton, 2006; 2007 ).”
Entrepreneurs Operating in the Informal Economy: Necessity or Opportunity Driven? (2007, unknown): “In recent years, however, the widespread observation that relatively affluent populations and those already in employment engage in more informal work than deprived populations and the unemployed has led to a refutation of this marginality thesis (see Renooy et al., 2004; Williams, 2004, 2006).”
Entrepreneurship and the Informal Sector (2009, background): “…societies (Evans et al, 2006; Katungi et al, 2006; Lazaridis and Koumandraki, 2003; Llanes and Barbour, 2007; Renooy et al, 2004; Snyder, 2004; Williams, 2004, 2006), until now, few have evaluated this necessity-driven portrayal of informal entrepreneurs critically in relation to the majority…”
Evaluating the relationship between marginalization and participation in undeclared work: lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021, background): “…are asserted to be more likely to participate in undeclared work than men (ILO 2013; Leonard 1994, 1998; Stănculescu 2005), as are the less educated (Brill 2011; Slavnic 2010; Taiwo 2013), and those with greater financial difficulties (Barbour and Llanes 2013; Katungi et al. 2006; Williams 2004).”
Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economy: An Overview (2010, unknown): “gain (Persson and Malmer, 2006; Round and Williams, 2008; Williams, 2004); a resistance practice that is a response to the exploitation of workers in the neo-liberal global”