Search Results - subject:"INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT"

Government Effectiveness and Regional Variation in Informal Employment

Jonasson, Erik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2010

This paper analyses the role of government effectiveness in the determination of informal employment. A theoretical … and suggests that informal employment is lower in regions with better governance and higher average education. …

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Are all Migrants Really Worse off in Urban Labour Markets?: New empirical evidence from China

Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération … - 2009

The rapid and massive increase in rural-to-urban worker flows to the coast of China has drawn recent attention to the welfare of migrants working in urban regions, particularly to their working conditions and pay; serious concern is raised regarding pay discrimination against rural migrants....

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Türkiye'de İstihdamın Yapısal Özellikleri

Bildirici, Melike - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2009

In this paper, structural features of employment will be investigated between 1908 and 2008. In this period, in addition to general features of employment, structural features (structural transformation and the break point as sectoral, gender, age and nationality basis) including child and woman...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008537317

On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector: Evidence from Brazil

Henley, Andrew; Arabsheibani, G. Reza; Carneiro, … - In: World Development 37 (2009) 5, pp. 992-1003

measurement of informal employment. This paper investigates congruence between three empirical measures of the rate of informality …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005289967

Informal Employment and the Role of Regional Governance

Jonasson, Erik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2009

The aim of this paper is to provide an explanation to why the degree of informal employment may vary substantially … degree of informal employment, however, varies substantially across regions, with some cities having 20% and others having 80 … informal sector. The empirical analysis, based on data from 5500 Brazilian municipalities, shows that informal employment is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005245158

The FairWear Campaign: An Ethical Network in the Australian Garment Industry

Burchielli, Rosaria; Delaney, Annie; Tate, Jane; … - In: Journal of Business Ethics 90 (2009) 4, pp. 575-588

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Report on Informal Employment in Romania

Parlevliet, Jante; Xenogiani, Theodora - Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération … - 2008

Informal employment is one of the key features of the Romanian labour market and the main concerns of the Romanian … government. Informal employment is not new in Romania. This study attempts to shed light on the issue of informal work in Romania. …

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Kayıtlı-Kayıtdışı Çalışanların Yapısal Farklılıklarının Sosyal Devlet Bağlamında Sorgulanması

San, Sayýn - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2008

The aim of this study is to make preliminary exercise with determining structural differences between formal and informal workers to the context of social state. Household Budget Survey Micro data of Turkish Statistical Institute is used to determine structural differences of formal/informal...

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On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector

Henley, Andrew; Arabsheibani, G. Reza; Carneiro, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

A range of alternative empirical definitions of informal activity have been employed in the literature. Choice of definition is often dictated by data availability. Different definitions may imply very different conceptual understandings of informality. This paper investigates the degree of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763755

Informal Employment in Russia: Combining Disadvantages and Opportunities

Merkuryeva, Irina - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 2006

The paper discusses the problem of informal employment in Russia, its structure and the factors contributing to the … individual decisions making when choosing specific employment type. Informal employment is a highly diverse area comprising … according to their main characteristics. This finding allows us to regard informal employment as a superior entrepreneurial …

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