Discussion Papers

The purpose of the present study is to investigate whether older workers would replace younger worker and in turn, will…

In this paper, we attempt to investigate the effects of public holiday on economic growth using a cross-country model approach,…

Bulan Mac 2020 adalah permulaan pandemik COVID-19 di Malaysia yang telah banyak menjejaskan sektor ekonomi, pendidikan dan juga kesihatan. Pelaksanaan…

In developed countries, the labour market is usually characterized with shortage of labour, especially for high risk, vulnerable jobs. However,…

The novelty of the present study is that this is the first attempt to estimate the size of the shadow…

This study investigates the effects of several components of public expenditure on the shadow economy in Malaysia. The components of…

In the present study we estimate the size of the shadow economy for Malaysia using the modified-cash-deposit-ratio approach. Next, we…

Most economists recognized that macroeconomic variables are characterized by nonlinearity rather than growing linearly or monotonically over time. We conjecture…

Shadow economy is not uncommon in Indonesia. As a matter of fact, shadow economy contributes significantly to the economy of…

Many countries around the world have experienced a dramatic increase in their household debt over the past decades. This scenario…