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How much for cash? Tackling the cash-in-hand ethos in the household services sector

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To tackle cash-in-hand work, public policy has so far concentrated on detecting and punishing the suppliers of such work. Drawing upon evidence from 861 face-to-face interviews in English localities on off-the-books work in the household services sector, however, a widespread cash-in-hand ethos amongst customers is identified suggesting that there is a need for the current raft of supply-side measures to be complemented with demand-side initiatives to encourage consumers to use formal labour. How this might be achieved is then outlined.

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  • Colin C. Williams, 2006. "How much for cash? Tackling the cash-in-hand ethos in the household services sector," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(5), pages 479-492, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:26:y:2006:i:5:p:479-492
    DOI: 10.1080/02642060600722791
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    1. Bernard Fortin & Gaétan Garneau & Guy Lacroix & Thomas Lemieux & Claude Montmarquette, 1996. "L'économie souterraine au Québec : Mythes et réalités," CIRANO Monographs, CIRANO, number 1996mo-01.
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    1. Colin C. Williams, 2023. "A Modern Guide to the Informal Economy," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 18668.
    2. Colin C. Williams & Ioana A. Horodnic, 2017. "Explaining participation in the undeclared economy in Central and Eastern Europe: a demand-side approach," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 297-312, July.
    3. Ioana Alexandra Horodnic & Colin C. Williams & Oana Țugulea & Iuliana Claudia Stoian Bobâlcă, 2022. "Exploring the Demand-Side of the Informal Economy during the COVID-19 Restrictions: Lessons from Iași, Romania," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-16, June.
    4. Colin C. Williams & Ioana A. Horodnic, 2016. "Evaluating the multifarious motives for acquiring goods and services from the informal sector in Central and Eastern Europe," Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 321-338, September.
    5. Colin C Williams & Slavko Bezeredi, 2017. "Explaining Consumers’ Motives for Purchasing from the Informal Economy: Some Lessons from a Study of Bulgaria, Croatia and FYR of of Macedonia," Economic Alternatives, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 4, pages 515-531, December.

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