Shadow Economies Workshop
Shadow Economies Workshop: Definition, Measurement and Implications
12 October 2012, Friday
John Freely Room, Albert Long Hall
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
09:00 - 09:15 - Welcome and Introduction
- 09:15 - 10:00 - Rodrigo Ceni Gonzalez, European University Institute
“Informality and Government Enforcement in Latin America”
- 10:00 - 10:45 - Zeynep Başak, Middle East Technical University (with Erol Taymaz, Middle East Technical University)
“Employment and Mobility between Formal and Informal Sectors/Jobs: Using Field Survey Data”
10:45 - 11:30 - Coffee Break
- 11:30 - 12:15 - Elif Öznur Kan, Çankaya University (with Aysıt Tansel, Middle East Technical University)
“Defining and Measuring Labor Informality in Turkey”
- 12:15 - 13:00 - Ceyhun Elgin, Boğaziçi University (with Oğuz Öztunalı, Boğaziçi University)
“Shadow Economies around the World”
13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch
- 14:00 - 14:45 - Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor
“Tax Evasion: Is this a Government Fight or Can Anyone Join?”
- 14:45 - 15:30 - Fikret Adaman, Boğaziçi University (with Ayşe Mumcu, Boğaziçi University)
“Perceptions on Governance Effectiveness and Informality: A Self-Fulfilling Equilibrium”
Change of Venue
- 16:00 - 17:15 - Keynote Speech: Friedrich G. Schneider, Johannes Kepler University
“The Shadow Economy and Work in the Shadow: What Do We (Not) Know?”
17:15 - 18:30 - Cocktail (Natuk Birkan Building)
