Journal article · 2024

Informal self-employment within the non-observed economy of Israel

Labib Shami, Gil Cohen, Osnat Akirav, Arie Herscovici, Limor Yehuda and Sagit Barel-Shaked

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 52(2), 159–180

Summary

Adapts a currency-demand approach to the Israeli economy to estimate the size of the non-observed economy and the share that comes from informal activity by the self-employed, finding a downward trend over the preceding decade.

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Research theme

The non-observed economy

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