Cash-in-Hand Work The Underground Sector and the Hidden Economy of Favours

by Williams, Colin C.

• ISBN13: 9781403921727
• ISBN10: 1403921725
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-29
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Uncovering how cash-in-hand economies are composed of not only the underground sector (work akin to formal employment conducted for profit-motivated purposes), but also a hidden economy of favors more akin to mutual aid, this book displays the need to transcend conventional market-oriented readings of cash-in-hand work and radically rethink whether seeking its eradication through tougher regulations is always appropriate. It argues for a variegated policy approach that recognizes these two distinct forms of cash-in-hand work and that tailors policy accordingly.

Author Biography

Colin C. Williams is Professor of Work Organization at the University of Leicester Management Centre

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii
Acknowledgements	x
1 Introduction	1	(12)
Part I Examining Cash-in-hand Work: Theory and Methods	13	(50)
2 Theorising Cash-in-hand Work	15	(25)
3 Methodologies for Measuring Cash-in-hand Work	40	(23)
Part II Socio-spatial Variations in the Nature of Cash-in-hand Work	63	(68)
4 Employment Status and Cash-in-hand Work	65	(19)
5 Gender Variations in Cash-in-hand Work	84	(22)
6 Geographical Variations in Cash-in-hand Work	106	(25)
Part III Evaluating the Implications of the Policy Options	131	(76)
7 Deterring Cash-in-hand Work	133	(28)
8 A Laissez-Faire Approach	161	(16)
9 Harnessing Cash-in-hand Work	177	(21)
10 Conclusions	198	(9)
References	207	(23)
Index	230