Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/97433 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1317
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
The main focus of this paper lies on the driving forces of the development and size of the shadow economy in 39 highly developed OECD countries. The most influential factors on the shadow economy are tax policies and state regulation, which, if rising, increase the shadow economy, though other, economic factors like unemployment are important, too. Specifically, it is shown that the main driving forces of the size and development of the shadow economy are unemployment, self-employment and the tax burden, which impact the shadow economies in these 30 OECD countries to a different degree. Between 1999 and 2010 unemployment and self-employment have on average the largest relative impact (14.6%), followed by tax morale (14.5%), GDP growth (14.3%), business freedom (14.2%) and indirect taxes (14.1%).
Subjects: 
Shadow economy
tax morale
tax pressure
state regulation
undeclared work
JEL: 
K42
H26
D78
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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