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L'économie souterraine au Québec : Mythes et réalités

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  • Bernard Fortin
  • Gaétan Garneau
  • Guy Lacroix
  • Thomas Lemieux
  • Claude Montmarquette

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Who can afford to hire a construction worker to renovate their kitchen or repair their roof, pay them at the official rate and add GST and QST? Who has ever resisted the offer to pay a reasonable price for a service by paying "under the table"? Who has never participated in undeclared work, an important component of what specialists call the underground economy? How to define the latter? Does it cover smuggling and tax evasion activities? What are the methods commonly used to measure the underground economy? What is the extent of this in Quebec? What are the characteristics of individuals who carry out transactions as sellers or buyers? Which sectors are most affected? What is the share of legal activities not declared to the tax authorities? What about illegal activities? How does today's underground economy compare to that of the mid-1980s? What are the opinions and attitudes of Quebecers regarding this phenomenon? What are the main causes of undeclared work? Are the figures often reported in the media mythical or real? The general objective of this book is to present the descriptive results of a recent survey on the underground economy based on a sample of more than 5,000 individuals aged 18 and over living in Quebec. The conclusions are often surprising. It is up to the readers to judge. Five CIRANO researchers conducted this study: Bernard Fortin and Guy Lacroix, from the Department of Economics at Université Laval, Thomas Lemieux and Claude Montmarquette, from the Department of Economics at Université de Montréal, and Gaétan Garneau, research professional at CIRANO. This monograph is available from Universe Book Distribution 845 Marie-Victorin Street Saint-Nicholas, Que., G0S 3L0 Telephone: (418) 831-7474 or 1-800-859-7474 Fax: (418) 831-4021 Qui a les moyens d'engager un travailleur de la construction pour faire rénover sa cuisine ou réparer son toit, de le payer au taux officiel et d'ajouter TPS et TVQ ? Qui a déjà résisté à l'offre de rémunérer à un prix raisonnable un service en payant « sous la table » ? Qui n'a jamais participé au travail au noir, composante importante de ce que les spécialistes appellent l'économie souterraine ? Comment définir cette dernière ? Recouvre-t-elle les activités de contrebande et d'évasion fiscale ? Quelles sont les méthodes couramment utilisées pour mesurer l'économie souterraine ? Quelle en est l'ampleur au Québec ? Quelles sont les caractéristiques des individus qui y effectuent des transactions comme vendeurs ou comme acheteurs ? Quels sont les secteurs les plus touchés ? Quelle est la part des activités légales non déclarées au fisc ? Et des activités illégales ? Comment l'économie souterraine d'aujourd'hui se compare-t-elle à celle observée au milieu des années 1980 ? Quelles sont les opinions et attitudes des Québécois face à ce phénomène ? Quelles sont les causes principales du travail au noir ? Les chiffres souvent rapportés dans les médias relèvent-ils du mythe ou de la réalité ? L'objectif général de cet ouvrage est de présenter les résultats descriptifs d'une enquête récente sur l'économie souterraine réalisée à partir d'un échantillon de plus de 5 000 individus de 18 ans et plus vivant au Québec. Les conclusions sont souvent étonnantes. Aux lecteurs d'en juger. Cinq chercheurs du CIRANO ont mené cette étude : Bernard Fortin et Guy Lacroix, du Département d'économique de l'Université Laval, Thomas Lemieux et Claude Montmarquette, du Département de sciences économiques de l'Université de Montréal, et Gaétan Garneau, professionnel de recherche au CIRANO. Cette monographie est disponible auprès de Distribution de livres Univers 845, rue Marie-Victorin Saint-Nicholas, Qc, G0S 3L0 Téléphone : (418) 831-7474 ou 1-800-859-7474 Télécopieur : (418) 831-4021

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  • 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.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirmon:1996mo-01
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    1. Guy Lacroix & Nadia Joubert & Bernard Fortin, 2004. "Offre de travail au noir en présence de la fiscalité et des contrôles fiscaux," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 164(3), pages 145-163.
    2. Bernard Fortin, 2002. "Les enjeux de l'économie souterraine," CIRANO Working Papers 2002s-89, CIRANO.
    3. Claude Montmarquette & David Masclet, 2008. "Approche expérimentale de l'incidence de la fiscalité sur l'offre de travail : une étude comparative des systèmes d'imposition," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 182(1), pages 47-59.
    4. Colin Williams, 2008. "Envelope wages in Central and Eastern Europe and the EU," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(3), pages 363-376.
    5. Colin C. Williams & Jan Windebank, 2002. "The Uneven Geographies of Informal Economic Activities: a Case Study of Two British Cities," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 16(2), pages 231-250, June.
    6. Johnson, Cathleen & Masclet, David & Montmarquette, Claude, 2010. "The Effect of Perfect Monitoring of Matched Income on Sales Tax Compliance: An Experimental Investigation," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 63(1), pages 121-148, March.
    7. 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.

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