Are underground workers more likely to be underground consumers?

Economic Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 466, 2000, Pages 838-860

  Fortin, Bernard ^a   Lacroix, Guy ^a   Montmarquette, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INFORMAL SECTOR; TAX SYSTEM; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CANADA;

EID: 0033693712     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00567     Document Type: Article

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