The Informal Economy : Exploring Drivers and Practices (Hardcover)

Part 1: The Drivers of the Informal Economy

1. Tax Morale and Informality in Post-Socialist Contexts

Diana Traikova

2. The Many Shades of the Grey Economy in Romania

3. Evaluating the Perceptions and Realities of Envelope Wage Arrangements Among Students in Moldova and Romania

4.Book-Launching Informalities on the Right Side of a Nineteenth-Century Walnut Table

5. Assessing the Frequency of Informal Payments for Health Services in Lithuania

6. Labour Market Institutions and Undeclared Work: A Multilevel Analysis of Central and Eastern European Countries

7. The Role of Informal Work in the Livelihood Strategies of U.S. Households

8. From Goods to Emotions: The Transformation of Informal Practices in the Republic of Georgia

9. Looking for Freedom in Grey Areas: Approaches to Informality as a Space For Negotiating Goals of Neoliberalism in Developing the Cooperation Sector

10. Gifting Practices in Informal Trade in Response to Elites’ Rules and State Regulations on the Myanmar-Thailand Border

Busarin Lertchavalitsakul

11. Bazaar and Local Governance: The Case of Legalizing Informal Economic Practices in the Batkhela bazaar, Pakistan

12. Intrapreneurship and Capital Accumulation Knowledge among Trainees in the Nigerian Informal Economy

13. Informal Competition, Firm Productivity and Policy Reforms in Egypt