Nonlinearity Between the Shadow Economy and Level of Development
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- Wu, Dong Frank & Schneider, Friedrich, 2019. "Nonlinearity between the Shadow Economy and Level of Development," IZA Discussion Papers 12385, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
WP; shadow economy size; size of the shadow economy; shadow economy data; labor market; Shadow Economy; Level of Development; Nonlinearity; GDP per capita; causes of the shadow economy; shadow economy driver; shadow economy's determinant; shadow economy while; Informal economy; Tax incidence; Inflation; Global;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IUE-2020-08-10 (Informal and Underground Economics)
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