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Estimating Tax Evasion in Europe: Direct vs. Indirect Survey Methods
How can societies accurately gauge the share of the workforce engaged in the shadow economy when direct questions inspir…
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Employment and Envelope Wages During the Covid-19 Crisis in Latvia
The Covid-19 pandemic created one of the most substantial negative exogenous shocks in decades, forcing firms to rapidly…
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Minimum Wage Spike and Income Underreporting
The labor markets of many transition countries are characterized by two features: a spike at the minimum wage level in t…
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Detecting Labor Tax Evasion Using Administrative Data and Machine-Learning Techniques
Labor tax evasion is a major policy issue that is especially salient in transition and post-transition countries. In thi…
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Paradise Leaked: An Analysis of Offshore Data Leaks
In recent years, there have been several high-profile leaks of documents related to the offshore financial industry, suc…
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Foreign-Owned Firms and Labor Tax Evasion in Latvia
It is well-documented that foreign-owned firms often pay higher wages than domestic firms. This phenomenon is usually ex…
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