Informal employment in Kazakhstan: a blessing in disguise?
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DOI: 10.1007/s40822-018-0117-1
Abstract: Informality is heterogeneous, dynamic and difficult to quantify; the formal–informal gap in earnings is one major component of it that we wish to examine. Using the 2013 Kazakhstan Labor Force Survey, we analyze the returns… read more here.
Keywords: gap; informal employment; kazakhstan blessing; blessing disguise ... See more keywords
What policies to combat labour informality? Evidence from Mexico
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2019.1591597
Abstract: ABSTRACT Informality often concerns policymakers due to its negative implications on productivity and poverty. In recent years, the extent of informal employment has diverged across Mexican states. Varying informal employment dynamics within a comparable institutional… read more here.
Keywords: labour informality; informal employment; policies combat; informality ... See more keywords
Evaluating the participation of an ethnic minority group in informal employment: a product of exit or exclusion?
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DOI: 10.1080/00346764.2016.1269941
Abstract: Abstract This paper critically evaluates competing explanations for the participation of ethnic minority groups in informal employment. These interpret their participation either through a structuralist lens arising out of ‘exclusion’ from formal employment or through… read more here.
Keywords: participation; informal employment; ethnic minority; exclusion ... See more keywords
Irregular migration and migrants’ informal employment: a discussion theme in international migration governance
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DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2018.1474040
Abstract: ABSTRACT Unequal development in neoliberal globalization causes economic, social, and political problems that force people into irregular migration and to become part of informal labour markets. Although informal sector enterprises in both developed and peripheral… read more here.
Keywords: informal employment; migration migrants; irregular migration; migration ... See more keywords
Informal employment and poor self-perceived health in Latin America and the Caribbean: a gender-based comparison between countries and welfare states in a pooled analysis of 176,786 workers
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DOI: 10.1186/s12992-021-00792-3
Abstract: Background More than half of the working population in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries is engaged in informal employment. The few previous studies indicate that this employment condition could have negative consequences for workers’… read more here.
Keywords: perceived health; informal employment; health; self perceived ... See more keywords
Informal employment as a frontier of occupational safety and health research
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DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.57_600
Abstract: A large segment of workers worldwide have informal employment; that is, jobs that are “not subject to national labor legislation, income taxation, social protection or entitlement to certain employment benefits (advance notice of dismissal, severance… read more here.
Keywords: research; informal employment; health; employment ... See more keywords
Research on the Influence of Informal Employment on Residents’ Happiness in China: Empirical Analysis Based on CLDS Data
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159085
Abstract: The influence of informal employment on residents’ happiness has gained wide attention around the world. However, few studies focus on this topic in China. Using the 2016 wave of the China Labor Force Dynamics Survey… read more here.
Keywords: residents happiness; influence informal; informal employment; happiness china ... See more keywords
The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Regional Employment Adjustment: Evidence from China
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DOI: 10.5539/ijbm.v15n5p193
Abstract: Based on the exogenous event of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, using the data of tariff and employment in 2000 and 2010, this paper divides employment into formal and informal employment and studies… read more here.
Keywords: tariff; informal employment; liberalization; china ... See more keywords