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 favours 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 which tailors policy accordingly.
- ISBN13 9781403921727
- Publish Date 3 July 2004 (first published 1 January 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 2004 ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 237
- Language English