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In Spain, Jobless Find a Refuge Off the Books

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Spain's underground economy and family support is helping people in Spain cope with unemployment at 24.4%. Economists say that the unemployment figures may overstate unemployment by about 5 to 9% because many laid off workers work in the underground economy now work on a cash basis. It also means that the government has less revenues because workers in the underground economy do not pay taxes, and that this hurts consumer spending as many of the workers now get paid one half of what they made earlier. When the worker cited here was laid off at Ikea subcontractor Pantoja in Seville, to deliver and assemble furniture, he began working on an informal basis by helping customers at the Ikea store do assembly and any other work such as painting and repair. This worker now makes half of the 800 euros he made earlier.

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