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Panel discussion
The good jobs challenge in developing countries – presentation at the 63rd ISLE Conference

The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) hosts its 63rd Annual Conference in Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 1–3 March 2023. On day two (2 March) of the conference, a panel discussion will explore the key findings of...

2 March 2023
Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Past event
Book Chapter
How to transform informal work and livelihoods?: Lessons learnt and policy options

From the book: The Job Ladder

Informal work Work status formal sector
Book Chapter
Informal work in urban Mexico: Characteristics, dynamics, and workers’ preferences

From the book: The Job Ladder

Informal work Labour market Labour market segmentation
Book Chapter
Transforming informal work and livelihoods in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

From the book: The Job Ladder

Employment Informal work Worker mobility
Book Chapter
Informality and work status

From the book: The Job Ladder

Informal work Work status Livelihoods
Book Chapter
The Job Ladder

From the book: The Job Ladder

Informal work Work status Panel data
Book
The Job Ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries

Using a range of countries from the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology...

Informal work Work status Global south
Working Paper
Trade sanctions and informal employment

This paper examines how trade sanctions affect the allocation of workers across formal and informal employment. We analyse the case of the unexpected and unprecedented trade sanctions imposed on Iran in 2012...

International trade Informal work Labour market
Presentation
UNU-WIDER hosts special session at the AERC biannual research workshop on ‘The job ladder’

As part of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) biannual research workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, UNU-WIDER coordinates a special session on the forthcoming book The job ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing...

30 November 2022
Trademark Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Past event
Working Paper
The impact of COVID-19 on urban informal workers in Maputo

Informal self-employed traders in developing countries are vulnerable to shocks as they often lack access to social insurance or formal finance...

COVID-19 Informal Urban
Working Paper
Incorporating informal workers into social insurance in Tanzania

Expansion of social protection reach among workers in the large informal economy represents a persisting and thorny challenge in the development context...

Informal sector Tanzania Social policy
Journal Article
Informality and pension reforms in Bolivia: The case of Renta Dignidad

Part of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality

Social protection Informal work Bolivia
Journal Article
Choices and constraints: The nature of informal employment in urban Mexico

Part of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality

Informal work Labour market Labour market segmentation
Journal Article
Job quality and labour market transitions: Evidence from Mexican informal and formal workers

Part of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality

Informal work job quality Labour market dynamics
Journal Article
What sustains informality?

Part of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality

Informal work Labour market Informality
Journal Article
Ethnic diversity and informal work in Ghana

Part of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality

Ethnic diversity Informal work Informality
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