Estimate of the Underground Economy in Poland Based on Household Expenditures and Incomes

• Autorzy: Mehmet Burak Turgut , Tomasz Tratkiewicz
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We estimate the size of income underreporting in Poland by following and extending the consumption method of Pissarides and Weber (1989). Our study shows that underreporting of income occurs among households with income from self-employment. We do not find any significant underreporting activity by the employees working in the private sector. The main findings indicate that roughly one-fourth of the total income of self-employed households is not reported in Poland. This share varies between 20 to 30 percent from 2005 to 2017 with a decreasing trend. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economy; Income elasticity; Food consumption; Households; Hidden income

PL

Gospodarka; Elastyczność dochodowa; Konsumpcja żywności; Gospodarstwa domowe; Dochody ukryte

• Czasopismo: Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and Econometrics (CEJEME)
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 15
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 1--29

Twórcy

autor

Mehmet Burak Turgut

• University of Warsaw, Poland

autor

Tomasz Tratkiewicz

• University of Łódź, Poland; CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research

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DOI

10.24425/cejeme.2023.144997