That had the effect, in turn, of raising the Government's estimate of the shadow economy from 20 to 22 percent.

The workers also need relief from employers who mistreat those in a shadow economy.

"It has become a shadow economy," a Nicaraguan businessman said, describing the role dollars play here.

Right now I'm working in the shadow economy as a souvenir vendor.

I could save five or six million dollars in the shadow economy, but I'd have no value.

Smolensky began his business activities on the black market of the so-called "shadow economy".

Illicit work is part of the informal economy or so called "shadow economy".

Several got their start in the shadow economy, which produced what the official Soviet economy could not.

The tax system is arbitrary, burdening legitimate businesses and driving them into the shadow economy.

What consequences does the fight against the shadow economy have for illegal immigration?