My personal research interests are on evaluating the extent and nature of the underground economy (or what is often termed the informal, cash-in-hand, hidden, shadow or undeclared economy) and examining policy approaches for tackling this sphere. Recent clients include the European Commission, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and numerous departments of national governments.
Informal economy/underground economy
Beyond competing theories of the hidden economy, Journal of Economic Studies (2011)
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the validity of rival theorisations of the...
Evaluating the nature of the relationship between informal entrepreneurship and the formal economy in rural communities, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and innovation (2011)
This paper evaluates critically the different theorizations of the nature of the relationship between informal...
rethinking the nature of community economies: some lessons from post-Soviet Ukraine, Community Development Journal (2011)
This paper contributes to a small but growing body of thought that has questioned the...
The illusion of capitalism in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of the Gambia, Foresight (2011)
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative...
Women entrepreneurs in the Indian informal sector, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (2011)
Purpose – Studies on women entrepreneurs either view women through a structuralist lens, as marginalised...
tax non-compliance
Beyond competing theories of the hidden economy, Journal of Economic Studies (2011)
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the validity of rival theorisations of the...
Evaluating the nature of the relationship between informal entrepreneurship and the formal economy in rural communities, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and innovation (2011)
This paper evaluates critically the different theorizations of the nature of the relationship between informal...
The illusion of capitalism in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of the Gambia, Foresight (2011)
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative...
Women entrepreneurs in the Indian informal sector, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (2011)
Purpose – Studies on women entrepreneurs either view women through a structuralist lens, as marginalised...
Spatial variations in the character of off-the-books entrepreneurship: lessons from a study of contrasting districts in Moscow, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (2010)
Although there is growing recognition that many entrepreneurs start-up trading partially or wholly off-the-books, few...
economic development
Beyond competing theories of the hidden economy, Journal of Economic Studies (2011)
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the validity of rival theorisations of the...
rethinking the nature of community economies: some lessons from post-Soviet Ukraine, Community Development Journal (2011)
This paper contributes to a small but growing body of thought that has questioned the...
The illusion of capitalism in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of the Gambia, Foresight (2011)
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative...
Women entrepreneurs in the Indian informal sector, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (2011)
Purpose – Studies on women entrepreneurs either view women through a structuralist lens, as marginalised...
Spatial variations in the character of off-the-books entrepreneurship: lessons from a study of contrasting districts in Moscow, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (2010)
Although there is growing recognition that many entrepreneurs start-up trading partially or wholly off-the-books, few...
rural development
Evaluating the nature of the relationship between informal entrepreneurship and the formal economy in rural communities, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and innovation (2011)
This paper evaluates critically the different theorizations of the nature of the relationship between informal...
future of work
The illusion of capitalism in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of the Gambia, Foresight (2011)
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative...
Re-thinking the future of work: beyond binary hierarchies, Futures (2008)
How will work be organised in the future? This paper reveals that although there are...
entrepreneurship
Evaluating the nature of the relationship between informal entrepreneurship and the formal economy in rural communities, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and innovation (2011)
This paper evaluates critically the different theorizations of the nature of the relationship between informal...
Women entrepreneurs in the Indian informal sector, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (2011)
Purpose – Studies on women entrepreneurs either view women through a structuralist lens, as marginalised...
Spatial variations in the character of off-the-books entrepreneurship: lessons from a study of contrasting districts in Moscow, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (2010)
Although there is growing recognition that many entrepreneurs start-up trading partially or wholly off-the-books, few...
Entrepreneurship and the informal economy: an overview, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (2010)
In recent decades, the field of entrepreneurship studies has become increasingly interested in the relationship...
Explaining the off-the-books enterprise culture of Ukraine: reluctant or willing entrepreneurship?, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (2010)
In recent years, there has been a growing realisation that beyond the realm of legitimate...
community development
rethinking the nature of community economies: some lessons from post-Soviet Ukraine, Community Development Journal (2011)
This paper contributes to a small but growing body of thought that has questioned the...
The illusion of capitalism in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of the Gambia, Foresight (2011)
Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate critically the meta-narrative that there is no alternative...
Repaying favours: unravelling the nature of community exchnage in an English locality, Community Development Journal (2009)
A recurring assumption in community development has been that when material support is provided on...