Special Eurobarometer 284: Undeclared work in the European

Between the 25th of May and the 30th of June 2007, 26.755 EU citizens aged 15 and over living in the 27 EU Member States were interviewed. The survey was requested by the European Commission’s Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities and was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social.
In the survey, respondents’ participation in undeclared work was examined from different perspectives. Respondents were asked separately whether within the preceding 12 months they had:
• acquired any good (supposedly) stemming from undeclared work (demand side of undeclared goods)
• acquired any service that was provided on an undeclared basis (demand side of undeclared services)
• actively performed any undeclared activities (supply side for both goods and services)
• received part of their salary in their regular job (if holding one) on an undeclared basis as so called ‘envelope wages’.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer