An Attempt to Measure the Trends in Shadow Employment in Poland : The Transition Probabilities out and into Shadow Employment Using the LFS Data Augmented by the Results of a Dedicated Survey Performed by CASE in 2007
This paper presents the results of an attempt to use the combined results of the dedicated survey performed by CASE in 2007 and Polish LFS data in order to: (a) analyze the development of the shadow employment in Poland in years 2003-2008 and, (b)...
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111213082754 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3679 |
| Summary: | This paper presents the results of an
attempt to use the combined results of the dedicated survey
performed by CASE in 2007 and Polish LFS data in order to:
(a) analyze the development of the shadow employment in
Poland in years 2003-2008 and, (b) analyze the transition
probabilities in and out of shadow employment. The estimated
share of shadow workers in total employment in Poland in
years 2003-2008 was increasing until 2006 and then started
to decrease in the years 2007 and 2008. Other results are in
line with one of the main conclusions of the CASE study from
2007 suggesting that shadow employment is more a way of
coping with lack of other employment opportunities than an
equivalent or even superior alternative to any legal
employment contracts. On the other hand those who enter
shadow employment are more active part of the group having
problems with finding full time/open term employment. They
are much more inclined to cope with their situation by
entering some form of self-employment than to stay passive
and depend on social assistance. |
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