Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263740 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9810
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Little is known about the size and determinants of undeclared work. While approaches to measure the shadow economy have been extensively discussed, conventional surveys dominate research on undeclared work. We review and extend this literature by first referring to the most recent survey data on undeclared work in Germany and, second, by discussing four experimental survey techniques as well as their few applications to questions of undeclared work. We argue that the randomized response technique and list experiments would validate and improve prevalence estimates of undeclared work, whereas careful design of information provision experiments and discrete choice experiments would fill the gap on determinants that causally affect decisions to supply and demand undeclared work.
Subjects: 
undeclared work
experimental survey
survey data
JEL: 
H26
E26
O17
D91
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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