The Levy Institute conducted a survey of small businesses to elicit information about their hiring and employment practices, especially the hiring of former welfare recipients; preferences regarding education, training, and other characteristics of potential employees; effects of increases in...

Viet Nam has made significant progress in expanding social insurance coverage in recent years. However, coverage amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains very low and very few workers in this sector are expected to receive a pension in retirement. Drawing on two datasets for...

Designing and delivering social protection programs for informal sector workers in Asia / Michael Samson and Kaleigh Kenny -- Financing of social protection for informal sector workers in Asia / Michael Cichon and David Cichon -- The political economy of social protection for informal economy...