Biography

Prof. Colin C. Williams

School of Management

University of Sheffield, UK

Full Professor


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

1987 M.phil., Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

1983 B.Sc., Environmental Studies, Hertfordshire University, UK


Publications (Selected)

Books, Book Chapters, Dissertation

  1. Williams, C. C. (2024). Tackling self-employment in the informal economy in Nordic countries: an evaluation of competing policy approaches. In Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy (pp. 360-376). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Williams, C. C. (2023). Theorising an E-government Approach Towards Formalising the Informal Economy. In Formalization of the Informal Economy: An e-Government Approach (pp. 21-56). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
  3. Williams, C. C. (2023). E-government Tools to Formalise the Informal Economy. In Formalization of the Informal Economy: An e-Government Approach (pp. 57-104). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
  4. Williams, C. C. (2023). Formalization of the Informal Economy: An E-Government Approach. Springer Nature.
  5. Williams, C. C. (2023). A modern guide to the informal economy. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Journals

  1. Mațcu-Zaharia, M., Horodnic, I. A., Williams, C. C., & Nistor, G. C. (2024). Self-Employed Workers and the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: An Overview of Their Social Benefit Entitlements across 31 European Countries. Sustainability, 16(7), 2625.
  2. Arezzo, M. F., Horodnic, I. A., Williams, C. C., & Guagnano, G. (2024). Measuring participation in undeclared work in Europe using survey data: A method for resolving social desirability bias. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 91, 101779.
  3. Williams, C. C., & Kayaoglu, A. (2023). Revisiting the undeclared service economy as a dual labour market: lessons from a 2019 Eurobarometer survey. The Service Industries Journal, 43(13-14), 940-961.
  4. Horodnic, I. A., Williams, C. C., Apetrei, A., Mațcu, M., & Horodnic, A. V. (2023). Services purchase from the informal economy using digital platforms. The Service Industries Journal, 43(11-12), 854-874.
  5. Arezzo, M. F., Williams, C. C., Horodnic, I. A., & Guagnano, G. (2023). Revisiting tax morale: evaluating the acceptability of business-and individual-level non-compliance on participation in undeclared work. International Journal of Manpower, 44(5), 952-966.
  6. Horodnic, I. A., Williams, C. C., Manolică, A., Roman, C. T., & Boldureanu, G. (2023). Employer perspectives on undeclared work in the service sector: impacts and policy responses. The Service Industries Journal, 43(5-6), 358-377.
  7. Williams, C. (2023). Policy options for tackling the informal economy: objectives and policy measures. A Modern Guide to the Informal Economy, 160-180.
  8. Elgin, C., Williams, C., & Öz Yalaman, G. (2023). Evaluating the effectiveness of labor market interventions on reducing the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Review of Development Economics, 27(1), 352-374.
  9. Shahid, M. S., Rodgers, P., Vershinina, N., Zehra, M. E., & Williams, C. C. (2022). Advancing the institutional perspective on informal entrepreneurship: a study of formalization intentions among street entrepreneurs. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 28(8), 2103-2131.
  10. Wolfe, M., Richter, J. I., Patel, P. C., & Williams, C. (2022). Are the liabilities of newness and smallness the same for male and female informal entrepreneurs? Evidence from Brazil. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 12(3), 441-470.
  11. Horodnic, I. A., Ciobanu, C. I., Zaiț, A., & Williams, C. C. (2022). Who purchases from the informal economy and why?. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 940076.
  12. Williams, C., & Gashi, A. (2022). Evaluating the wage differential between the formal and informal economy: a gender perspective. Journal of Economic Studies, 49(4), 735-750.
  13. Elgin, C., Williams, C. C., Oz‐Yalaman, G., & Yalaman, A. (2022). Fiscal stimulus packages to COVID‐19: The role of informality. Journal of International Development, 34(4), 861-879.
  14. Horodnic, I. A., & Williams, C. C. (2022). Tackling undeclared work in the European Union: beyond the rational economic actor approach. Policy studies, 43(1), 21-55.


Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: B-1198-2016

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-1933

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/people/emeritus-honorary-and-visiting-staff/colin-c-williams

https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=EQuWJO8AAAAJ

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Colin-Williams-4

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