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The good jobs challenge in developing countries – presentation at the 63rd ISLE ConferenceThe 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...
Book Chapter
How to transform informal work and livelihoods?: Lessons learnt and policy optionsFrom the book: The Job Ladder
Informal work Work status formal sectorBook Chapter
Informal work in urban Mexico: Characteristics, dynamics, and workers’ preferencesFrom the book: The Job Ladder
Informal work Labour market Labour market segmentationBook Chapter
Transforming informal work and livelihoods in Costa Rica and NicaraguaFrom the book: The Job Ladder
Employment Informal work Worker mobilityBook Chapter
Informality and work statusFrom the book: The Job Ladder
Informal work Work status LivelihoodsBook
The Job Ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countriesUsing 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 southWorking Paper
Trade sanctions and informal employmentThis 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 marketPresentation
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...
Working Paper
The impact of COVID-19 on urban informal workers in MaputoInformal self-employed traders in developing countries are vulnerable to shocks as they often lack access to social insurance or formal finance...
COVID-19 Informal UrbanWorking Paper
Incorporating informal workers into social insurance in TanzaniaExpansion 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 policyJournal Article
Informality and pension reforms in Bolivia: The case of Renta DignidadPart of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality
Social protection Informal work BoliviaJournal Article
Choices and constraints: The nature of informal employment in urban MexicoPart of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality
Informal work Labour market Labour market segmentationJournal Article
Job quality and labour market transitions: Evidence from Mexican informal and formal workersPart of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality
Informal work job quality Labour market dynamicsJournal Article
What sustains informality?Part of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality
Informal work Labour market InformalityJournal Article
Ethnic diversity and informal work in GhanaPart of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality
Ethnic diversity Informal work Informality