Cash-in-hand work: Unravelling informal employment from the moral economy of favours

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-45

  Williams, Colin C ^a  

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Author keywords

Economic Sociology; England; Hidden Economy; Money; Nottinghamshire; Profit Motive; Underground Sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944255018     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.888     Document Type: Article

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