Conclusions

Abstract

This book has sought to answer three key sets of questions about cash-in-hand work. What types of cash-in-hand work exist and why do people engage in these activities? Who undertakes these different types of cash-in-hand work, where is such work to be found and how does the character of cash-in-hand work vary across different populations? And what should governments do about cash-in-hand work? Part I sought theoretically-informed empirically-grounded answers to the first set of questions regarding the varieties of cash-in-hand work and the motives underpinning such activity, Part II sought answers to who undertakes cash-in-hand work, where it takes place and how the character of cash-in-hand work varies socially and spatially while Part III addressed the issue of what governments should do about the cash-in-hand sphere. In this concluding chapter, therefore, the findings are synthesised so as to summarise the contributions of this book to knowledge.