Unemployment and international shadow economy: Gender differences
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Department/School
Economics
Publication Title
Applied Economics
Abstract
Adding to the body of research on cross-country determinants of the informal economy, this article studies how unemployment differences across gender drive the propensities to work in the informal sector. Results, accounting for possible simultaneity between unemployment and the shadow economy, show that unemployed males, rather than unemployed females, were more likely to operate underground. These findings about greater male propensities are generally robust to alternative considerations.
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Recommended Citation
Goel, R. K., & Saunoris, J. W. (2017). Unemployment and international shadow economy: Gender differences. Applied Economics, 49(58), 5828–5840. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2017.1343452