History, Debate and Theory

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,...

Wages and Employment in International Recessions: Recent Latin American Experience

Linking Trade and Labour Standards: A Promising Synergy or Double-edged Sword? Acta Juridica

Trade liberalisation is increasingly promoted and regulated through regional, bilateral or unilateral trade arrangements. In recent years...

Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalization, Production Relations and “Precarity”

This book presents original theory and research on precarious work in various parts of the world, identifying its social, political, and...

The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: ‘Citizens’ versus the Urban Poor

Livelihoods (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets: Reflections from Recent Studies in KwaZulu-Natal

Informal Labour in the Construction Industry in Kenya: A Case Study of Nairobi