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Households' Activities In Informal Economy: Size And Behavioural Aspects (Ii)

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  • Albu, Lucian Liviu

    (Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, e-mail: albul@ipe.ro)

  • Kim, Byung Yeon

    (Department of Economics, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom)

Abstract

Using a Romanian household survey, the authors analysed the structure of households' income by sources (main job, secondary job, and informal activities), beginning by focusing on the data and methodological problems, certain clarifications being necessary. Afterwards, the size of informal economy and basic behavioural regimes, along with the growth of households' disposable income was estimated. The study permitted to conclude on the main reasons of the people to operate in the informal sector. Finally, based on the available data on the households' deciles relative to their monthly income, some conclusions to the year 2000 were extended and the shares of informal income within the ten groups of population were estimated. Also, by applying such methodology some comparative indicators between 1996 and 2000 were computed. * (The first part of the study was published in Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting 1/2002. The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the ACE PHARE Programme. A draft of the paper was presented at the workshop organised in Bucharest at the end of March 2002. We would like to thank Mihai Regep and Nona Chilian for their research assistance).

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  • Albu, Lucian Liviu & Kim, Byung Yeon, 2002. "Households' Activities In Informal Economy: Size And Behavioural Aspects (Ii)," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(3), pages 18-28, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rjr:romjef:v::y:2002:i:3:p:18-28
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    1. Albu, Lucian Liviu, 2007. "Underground Economy And Fiscal Policies Modeling," Working Papers of Institute for Economic Forecasting 071202, Institute for Economic Forecasting.
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    2. Albu, Lucian-Liviu, 2007. "A model to estimate informal economy at regional level: Theoretical and empirical investigation," MPRA Paper 3760, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    informal economy; estimation; personal income;
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    JEL classification:

    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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