Estimates of the Shadow Economy in Denmark
Written by Claus Larsen
It replaces a shorter summary in Technical Note No. 24 from November 2022. The collection of sources and data was completed in September 2022, except for the addition of Søndergaard (2023) and a few references.
This content is only available in Danish (”Estimater af skyggeøkonomien i Danmark””).
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