One side effect has been to increase the size of the illegal, or "black" economy.
All the better for the black economy to soak up.
There is, however, considerable disagreement as to the size of the black economy.
Clearly the black economy is growing and its size is significant.
It is important, therefore, to know why the black economy has grown.
They are given jobs, but only in the black economy.
Instead, since they cannot become employed legally, the black economy is the only option left to them.
It is about making sure that jobs do not disappear into the black economy.
Making some services tax-deductible would take them out of the black economy.
No one has any reasonable estimates for the size of China's black economy.