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To date, research on the informal economy in Ukraine has largely focused on measuring its size rather than exploring the nature and motives of people engaged in the informal economy. Only a few authors have addressed this latter question (Dzvinka, 2002; Thiessen, 1997; Williams and Round, 2008; Williams et al., 2011a,b). Moreover, even fewer have sought to evaluate the validity of the contrasting theo-rizations of the informal economy in relation to Ukraine (Williams, 2007; Williams and Round, 2008; Williams et al., 2011a) and none have carried out in-depth qualitative analysis.
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Williams, C.C., Onoshchenko, O. (2015). Evaluating the Validity of the Contrasting Theoretical Perspectives towards the Informal Economy in Ukraine. In: Morris, J., Polese, A. (eds) Informal Economies in Post-Socialist Spaces. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137483072_2
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