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Evaluating the Extent and Nature of ‘Envelope Wages’ in the European Union: A Geographical Analysis

DOI: 10.2478/v10105-009-0007-3

Keywords: illegal work, informal economy, envelope wages, tax evasion, European Union

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To evaluate the spatialities of the illegal wage practice where employers pay their declared employees both an official declared wage and an undeclared ‘envelope’ wage so as to avoid tax liabilities, a 2007 survey conducted in 27 European Union (EU) member states is reported. The finding is that 5% of employees received envelope wages which amount on average to some two-fifths of their wage packet. Revealing how, although heavily concentrated in a small group of East-Central European nations, this wage practice is nonetheless ubiquitous, the paper concludes by discussing how this practice might be tackled.

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