History, Debate and Theory

Voice Regulation in the Informal Economy and New Forms of Work

Abstract:This paper draws comparisons between the situation of Black workers in Apartheid South Africa and workers in the contemporary South...

The Idea of Work

Good Practices in Safety, Health, and Working Conditions: Home workers, farmers, construction workers in Cambodia, Mongolia and Thailand

Informal Employment in the Transition Economy of Poland: The Case for Policies Leading to Legalization

Earnings Structures, Informal Employment, and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa

Representing the part-time and contingent workforce: Challenges for unions and public policy

Informalisation and the Reconfiguration of Labour Relations in the Durban Clothing Industry

Constraints on Policy Making Towards the Informal Economy in Indonesia: Lessons of the Current Decade

This study was undertaken as part of an effort to draw out policy lessons learnt since the systemic shock triggered by the 1997/98 crisis,...

Relations of Production and Modes of Surplus Extraction in India: Part II – ‘Informal’ Industry

This paper uses aggregate-level data, as well as case-studies, to trace the evolution of some key structural features of the Indian economy,...

Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment