1st Edition

Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy

Edited By Ceyhun Elgin Copyright 2025
458 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

458 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

458 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Delve into the complex landscape of the informal economy with the Routledge Handbook of the Informal Economy , a groundbreaking volume that transcends conventional economic analysis by contextualizing it within a broader regulatory and social framework. This comprehensive handbook offers cutting-edge categorical, thematic, and regional analyses of the informal, or shadow, economy. An esteemed... Read more

1 - Literature Review of Utility Functions Within Computerized Agent-Based Models for Tax Evasion and Non-Compliance; Sascha Hokamp

 

2 - Tax Evasion and Enforcement; Yeliz Kacamak

 

3 - Informal Urban Land Development Types: Social and Business Practices; Patricia Acosta Restrepo

 

4 - The Propensity of Businesses to Participate in the Shadow Economy and Transition Between Formality and Informality in Serbia; Gorana Krstić and Branko Radulović

 

5 – Examining the Determinants of Average Hours Worked: A Cross-Country Analysis; Duru Gültepe and Ceyhun Elgin

 

6 - Why Be Afraid of Detection? Formalization Program and Informal Household Enterprises in Nigeria; Emmanuel Umoru Haruna

 

7 - Informality and Well-Being; David Anzola

 

8 - Technology in the Margins: Exploring the Dynamic Interplay Between Technology and Informality; Aglaya Batz Lineiro, Carlos Alberto Ojeda Sanchez, and Nelson Alfonso Gomez Cruz

 

9 - Corruption, Tax Evasion, and Social Values: An Immigrant-Based Analysis; Anastasia Litina

 

10 - Do Tax Audits Remain the Primary Component of Anti-Evasion Tax Policies?; Gaetano Lisi

 

11 - Informality and Task Content of Occupations: Changes in Employment and Wages in Turkey; Anıl Duman and Gulsun Alca

 

12 - Evidence From the Shadows: Unreported Income, Undeclared Work and Tax Morale in Greece; Vasileios Vlachos and Aristis Bitzenis

 

13 - Does the Informal Economy Determine Inward Foreign Direct Investment? Vasileios Vlachos

 

14 - Shadow Economy Over the Business Cycle: How do Formal and Shadow Cycles Interact?; Serdar Birinci  and Ceyhun Elgin

 

15 - Provincial Estimates of Informality: Example from Turkey; Ceyhun Elgin and Gamze Öz Yalaman

 

16 - Measuring the Size of the Shadow Economy Using a Dynamic General Equilibrium Model; Valeska Kohan, Mario Solis-Garcia, and Yingtong Xie

 

17 - DGE-Based Estimates of the Shadow Economy: Is the Informal Economy an Escape Valve?; Valeska Kohan, Mario Solis-Garcia, and Yingtong Xie

 

18 - Institutional Quality and Informal Economy Nexus in the Middle East and North Africa, Fatih Kırşanlı

 

19 - A Macroeconomic Perspective on Gender, Growth, and Informality; Adem Yavuz Elveren and Idil Goksel

 

20 - A Macroeconomic Perspective on Gender, Economic Crises, Inequality, and Informality; Adem Yavuz Elveren and Damla Topbaş

 

21 - Employment Segmentation, Occupational Mobility and Formalizing Informality in MENA Countries: The Scope and Impact of Policies; Philippe Adair, Shireen AlAzzawi, and Vladimir Hlasny

 

22 - Access to Finance and the Size of the Informal Sector; Ceyhun Elgin, Turkmen Goksel, and Barchynai Kimsanova

 

23 - A Text Analysis of Research Publications Navigating Through Informality in the Age of Pandemics; Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Eduard Mihai Manta, and Cristina Maria Geambasu

 

24 - Exploring the Regional Shadow Economy Research Field Through Bibliometric Analysis; Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Eduard Mihai Manta, Cristina-Maria Geambasu, and Margareta-Stela Florescu

 

25 - Exploring the Relationship Between Informality and Sustainable Development Goals: A Bibliometric Analysis; Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Friedrich G. Schneider, Monica Aureliana Petcu, Stefania Cristina Curea, and Eduard Mihai Manta

 

26 – Tax Morale: Model-Based Estimates; Gamze Öz Yalaman and Ceyhun Elgin

 

Biography

Ceyhun Elgin is a professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria and Bogazici University in Turkey. He got his BA in economics from Bogazici University and then subsequently obtained his PhD in economics at the University of Minnesota, USA in 2010. His research interests are in applied macroeconomics, economic growth, development economics, and political economics, with a particular emphasis on the economics of the informal sector. Previously, Dr. Elgin also had visiting positions at Columbia University, USA, IMF, WB, and Boston University, USA.