Measuring and explaining undeclared work in germany an empirical survey with a special focus on social desirability bias;Messung und Erklärung von Schwarzarbeit in Deutschland - Eine empirische Befragungsstudie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Problems der sozialen Erwünschtheit

Zeitschrift fur Soziologie

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-314

  Kirchner, Antje ^a   Trappmann, Mark ^a   Krumpal, Ivar ^b   Von Hermanni, Hagen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Item count technique.; Randomized response technique; Sensitive questions; Shadow economy; Social desirability; Undeclared work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883644145     PISSN: 03401804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/zfsoz-2013-0403     Document Type: Review

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