Search Results - subject:"irregular employment"

Heterogeneous effect of out-migration on informal employment in rural Nepal

Katwal, Saurav; Uematsu, Hiroki; Niraula, Baburam - 2024

This research examines the heterogeneous impact of out-migration on the informal employment within the framework of rural transformation in Nepal. Employing a multinomial Probit model with instrumental variables, we analyze the influence of household-level migration on the informal employment...

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Economic sanctions and informal employment

Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Ali; Nisticò, Roberto - In: Labour economics : an international journal 89 (2024), pp. 1-17

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Challenging the formality bias : the organization of informal work, working relations, and collective agency in Kenya and Tanzania

Riisgaard, Lone; Torm, Nina; Kinyondo, Godbertha; … - In: Development policy review 42 (2024) 1, pp. 1-19

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Effect of informal employment on overeducation in developing countries with a focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Mosengo, Cédrick Kalemasi; Zamo Akono, Christian Marie - 2024

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of informal employment on the occurrence of overeducation in developing countries, focusing on the specific case of the DRC. Using employment data, we determine the incidence of overeducation and we isolate the role of informal employment as a...

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New technologies, e-government and informality

Chacaltana, Juan; Bárcia de Mattos, Fernanda; García … - 2024

This working paper studies the complex relationship between technology adoption and informality, leveraging recent cross-country data to analyse the effects of mobile phone subscriptions, internet access, automation and e-government on informal employment, vulnerable employment, and the...

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Partial legalization and parallel markets : the effect of lawful crossing on unlawful crossing at the US Southwest border

Clemens, Michael A. - 2024

Legal and illegal markets often coexist. In theory, marginal legalization can either substitute for the remaining parallel market, or complement it via scale effects. I study migrants crossing without prior authorization at the US southwest border, where large-scale unlawful crossing coexists...

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Workers in informal employment organising and acting collectively : the role of trade unions

Xhafa, Edlira; Serrano, Melisa R. - 2024

The expansion of informal employment has been associated with increased exploitation and decent work deficits, leading to widespread poverty and growing inequalities. In response, a variety of forms of collective representation and action by and with informal workers have emerged demanding...

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Informal work and how to measure it : a formal consensus at the 100th International Conference of Labour Statisticians

Belchamber, Grant; Schetagne, Sylvain - 2024

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Non-EU nationals in irregular employment in Ireland

Stapleton, Amy; Cunniffe, Emily; Quinn, Emma - 2024

Irregular employment, broadly understood as employment that is insufficiently covered by formal arrangements either in … related to the irregular employment of non-EU nationals in Ireland, updating a 2017 EMN study on the topic. Reliable data on … the extent of irregular employment of non-EU nationals are generally not available, in Ireland or internationally. However …

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Fostering decent jobs, formalising informal employment and spurring job mobility in MENA countries

Adair, Philippe; AlAzzawi, Shireen; Hlásny, Vladimír - In: Economic notes 53 (2024) 2, pp. 1-23

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