CiNii Books - The informal economy : exploring drivers and practices

During much of the twentieth century, informal employment and entrepreneurship was commonly depicted as a residue from a previous era. Its continuing presence was seen to be a sign of "backwardness" whilst the formal economy represented "progress". In recent decades, however, numerous studies have revealed not only that informal employment is extensive and persistent but also that it is growing relative to formal employment in many populations. Whilst in the developing world, the informal economy is often found to be the mainstream economy, nevertheless, in the developed world too, informality is currently still estimated to account for notable per cent of GDP. The Informal Economy: Exploring Drivers and Practices intends to engage with these issues, providing a much-need 'contextualised' approach to explain the persistence and growth of forms of informal economic practices and entrepreneurial activities in the twenty-first century. Using a diverse range of empirical case studies from Europe, Africa, North Africa and Asia, this book unpacks the different varieties of forms of informal work and entrepreneurship and provides a critical analysis of existing theorisations used to explain such phenomena. This book's aim is to examine the nature and persistence of informal work and entrepreneurship, across a variety of empirical settings, from within the developed world, the developing world and within transformation economies within post-socialist spaces. Given its worldwide, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach and recent interest in the informal economies by a number of disciplines and organisations, this book will be of vital reading to those operating in the fields of: Economics, political economy and management, Human and economic geography and Economic anthropology and sociology as well as development studies

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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 Rodica Ianole-Calin, Calin Valsan, Elena Druica 3. Evaluating the Perceptions and Realities of Envelope Wage Arrangements Among Students in Moldova and Romania Ioana A. Horodnic, Colin C. Williams 4.Book-Launching Informalities on the Right Side of a Nineteenth-Century Walnut Table Marcello Mollica 5. Assessing the Frequency of Informal Payments for Health Services in Lithuania Adrian V. Horodnic, Claudia I. Ciobanu, Colin C. Williams, Peter Rodgers 6. Labour Market Institutions and Undeclared Work: A Multilevel Analysis of Central and Eastern European Countries Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu Part 2: The Nature/Character of the Informal Economy 7. The Role of Informal Work in the Livelihood Strategies of U.S. Households Emily J. Wornell, Leif Jensen, Ann Tickamyer 8. From Goods to Emotions: The Transformation of Informal Practices in the Republic of Georgia Costanza Curro 9. Looking for Freedom in Grey Areas: Approaches to Informality as a Space For Negotiating Goals of Neoliberalism in Developing the Cooperation Sector Liga Rudzite 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 Muhammad Salman Khan 12. Intrapreneurship and Capital Accumulation Knowledge among Trainees in the Nigerian Informal Economy Akeem Ayofe Akinwale 13. Informal Competition, Firm Productivity and Policy Reforms in Egypt Nesma Ali, Boris Najman

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