Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

2006

381 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/da8c8f747335fba736c797df03d6e41c8aad7292

Citations in the corpus

Classification situations: Life-chances in the neoliberal era (2013, neutral): “Shit, I wouldn’t lend myself no money, knowing what kind of credit I got and how much I owe’’’ (Venkatesh, 2008, p. 121).”
Out of the shadows: a classification of economies by the size and character of their informal sector (2014, neutral): “, 2013) as well as the western world (Lazaridis and Koumandraki, 2003; OECD, 2012; Renooy et al., 2004; Small Business Council, 2004; Snyder, 2004; Venkatesh, 2008; Williams and Windebank, 1998).”
Low-income housing development and crime (2011, neutral): “Second , ethnographic research in Chicago suggests that the revitalization of public housing simply displaces individuals prone to criminality to surrounding neighborhoods ( Venkatesh 2006 ) .”
Institutions, Resources, and Organizational Effectiveness in Africa (2015, positive): “Such “off the books” economic activity is often characterized by either illicit practices (products or processes) or illicit exchanges (Venkatesh, 2006).”
Tackling the hidden enterprise culture: Government policies to support the formalization of informal entrepreneurship (2012, neutral): “…to the public authorities when it should be declared (Valenzuela 2001; Arrowsmith et al. 2003; Rehn and Taalas 2004; Small Business Council 2004; Venkatesh 2006; Williams 2006, 2009; Llanes and Barbour 2007; Ram, Edwards, and Jones 2007; Anatonopoulos and Mitra 2009; Webb et al. 2009; Gurtoo…”
Carceral Chicago: Making the Ex‐offender Employability Crisis (2008, positive): “This economy of the streets creates a persistent pull for young, working-class black men in particular, whose opportunities for gainful employment in the ‘mainstream’ economy have practically dissolved in the past two decades (Venkatesh, 2006).”