Clandestine employment

Is clandestine employment, which props up the "underqround economy", a fact of society, an economic and social ill, a safety-
valve, a remedy for the present crisis or a new mode of development? Should it be ignored, tolerated, opposed or encouraged? As an introduction to the study of this complex matter, this book outlines both the current situation and the discussions on landestine employment which are at present taking place in the industrialised market economy countries. In the first part, the author defines clandestine employment and places it in its context in relation to the underground economy, examines its development and gives an idea of those, both employers and workers, who call upon it or who are engaged in it. In the second part, the causes for taking on undeclared jobs are enumerated and their positive and negative features are examined. The various discussions to which
the question gives rise in different spheres and the concern shown both nationally and internationally are noted, and finally
the measures taker) in certain countries and the results obtained are outlined.