...this phenomenon. Although there is some consensus that informal employment can be defined as the paid production and sale of goods and services that are...or hidden from the state for tax, social security and labour law purposes, as shown in chapter 1 , there are inherent problems with many of the techniques...

...types of informal activity: 'paid informal exchange' which is the paid (either in money or in-kind) production and sale of goods and services that are...or hidden from the state for tax, social security or labour law purposes, but which are legal in all other respects; 'self-provisioning', which is unpaid...

...define what we mean here by urban informal employment. In this chapter. we are discussing the paid production and sale of goods and services that are...or hidden from. the state for tax. social security or labour law purposes. but which are legal in all other respects. As such. unpaid informal work is...

...employment', the 'underground sector', the 'hidden economy' or 'paid informal work', involves the paid production and sale of goods and services that are...tax, social security and/or labour law purposes but that are legal in all other respects (European Commission, 1998; Feige, 1990; Fortes, 1994; Thomas,...

...you do it.' Source: Sunday Times 30 April 2000 THE BLACK ECONOMY The black economy involves the paid production and sale of goods and services that are...hidden from the state for tax, social security and/or labour-law purposes but which are legal in all other aspects. Contrary to the marginality thesis that...

...1998) — is paid work that takes place beyond the realm of formal employment. It involves the paid production and sale of goods and services that are...hidden from, the state for tax, social security, and/or labor law purposes, but which are legal in all other respects (Williams and Windebank 2000; Feige 1990;...