analyze the link between formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment. A novelty in our analysis is that this … subcontracting is positively related to employment growth only in the most modern segments of the informal sector. Increased … subcontracting cannot explain the persistently high employment in traditional informal manufacturing activities in India. Instead …

The main aim of this article is to point out the possible measures of how to improve the study of informal employment … are suitable for indicating the prevalence of informal employment. Firstly, we present the most popular definitions of … informal employment, secondly we show the existing research on informal employment in Poland, and thirdly we assess the …

-border trade spillover, resulting in a shift from secure forms of employment to insecure forms of self-employment, and informal … sector employment transformations. We discover that, cross border trade and financial openness have a positive association … with economic ‘informality' growth and a negative association with labor employment in the informal services industry. The …

and the probability of getting one shows that schooling increases the chances of being hired in formal employment and of … having higher earnings in it. Women with greater responsibilities at home are less likely to want formal employment, and they … employment. However, the estimated fraction of involuntary informal workers is quite high. …

? -- Chapter 4: Alternative explanation from labour studies -- Chapter 5: Transition in Indian employment -- Chapter 6 …: Definitional Dilemma -- Chapter 7: Process of Informalisation of employment -- Chapter 8: Primary surveys of Kolkata Informal … employment -- Chapter 9: Is Indian urban employment informalised? -- Chapter 10: Emergence of rural informal sector in India …

outcomes in the labour market, minority outcomes are much less understood in China. Information on minority employment in China …