Evaluating the participation of the self-employed in undeclared work. Some evidence from a 27-nation European survey.

Autor/inn/en	Williams, Colin C.; Nadin, Sara; Baric, Marijana
Titel	Evaluating the participation of the self-employed in undeclared work. Some evidence from a 27-nation European survey. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Evaluation der Teilnahme von Selbstständigen in atypischer Beschäftigung. Einige Ergebnisse eines 27-Nationen-Surveys.
Quelle	In: International entrepreneurship and management journal, 7 (2011) 3, S. 341-356 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-7191; 1555-1938
DOI	10.1007/s11365-011-0195-y
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Soziokultureller Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Landbevölkerung; Regionale Disparität; Altersstruktur; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Einkommen; Schwarzarbeit; Informeller Sektor; Internationaler Vergleich; Freiwilligkeit; Geschlechtsspezifik; Europäische Union; Selbstständiger; Stadtbevölkerung; Belgien; Bulgarien; Deutschland; Dänemark; Estland; Finnland; Frankreich; Griechenland; Großbritannien; Irland; Italien; Lettland; Litauen; Luxemburg; Malta; Niederlande; Polen; Portugal; Rumänien; Schweden; Slowakei; Slowenien; Spanien; Tschechische Republik; Ungarn; Zypern; Österreich
Abstract	"In recent decades, it has been widely assumed that undeclared work is rife amongst the self-employed. Until now, however, few have evaluated the extent and nature of the participation of the self-employed in undeclared work and whether they do so out of choice or necessity. The aim of this paper is to fill this gap. To do this, an extensive 2007 Eurobarometer survey on undeclared work is reported comprising 26,659 face-to-face interviews conducted in the 27 member states of the European Union. The finding is that some 1 in 12 of the 1,842 self-employed respondents surveyed had participated in undeclared work in the previous year, although the propensity of the self-employed to engage in undeclared work varies significantly both socio-demographically and spatially. Analysing whether they do so out of choice or necessity, meanwhile, various ratios of involuntary-to-voluntary participation in undeclared work are found to prevail across different populations, places and types of undeclared work. The paper concludes by reviewing the implications for policy. Its argument is not only that state authorities targeting the self-employed alone will fail to eradicate undeclared work but also that a more variegated approach is required if the participation of the self-employed in undeclared work is to be efficiently and effectively tackled." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Befragung. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2007 bis 2007.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/1