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How mobile are workers across informal and formal jobs in India?The Indian labour market is characterized by a high level of informality, with large numbers of workers in poorly paid ‘lower-tier’ informal jobs, and somewhat better paid ‘upper-tier’ informal jobs, which do not have the same...
Formal and informal Informal FormalWorking Paper
Informal–formal workers' transition in Nigeria: A livelihood analysisThis study evaluates the effects of the informal sector on Nigerian workers’ livelihoods and analyses workers’ transitions within the informal sector and between informal and formal employment...
Regression analysis Employment Formal and informalWorking Paper
Transitions between informal and formal jobs in India: Patterns, correlates, and consequencesThe Indian labour market is characterized by a high level of informality, with large numbers of workers in poorly paid ‘lower-tier’ informal jobs, and somewhat better paid ‘upper-tier’ informal jobs, which do not have the same...
Formal and informal Informal FormalBook Chapter
Why do household businesses stay informal?From the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Formal and informal Informal sector Household businessWorking Paper
Who demands labour (de)regulation in the developing world?: Insider–outsider theory revisitedContrary to the predictions of the insider–outsider model, we show that the large majority of outsiders in developing countries support, rather than oppose, protective labour regulations...
Formal and informal Labour Labour market segmentationBlog
Why are workers getting a smaller share of the cake in Mexico?As with many other developed and emerging economies, in recent decades Mexico has experienced a long-term decline in the labour income share. In other words, wages have decreased compared with other sources of income such as capital income...
Income inequality Earnings inequality WagesWorking Paper
Why do household businesses in Vietnam stay informal?Using unbalanced panel data from the small and medium enterprise surveys in Vietnam in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015, this paper investigates factors associated with informality in Vietnam...
Formal and informal Informal sector Household businessNews
Call for Papers: Informality and Development – A Conference in Honor of Elinor OstromA multidisciplinary conference on informality and development will be arranged by Indiana University and Cornell University on 22-23 October 2016 in Bloomington, Indiana. The deadline for submission is 1 May 2016.
Formal and informal Development
Book Chapter
Beyond Formality and InformalityFrom the book: Linking the Formal and Informal Economy
Economic development Economic policy Formal and informal