History, Debate and Theory

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

Informality Revisited

Abstract: The paper draws on recent evidence––economic, sociological and anthropological––from Latin America to forward a view of the informal...

Revisiting Labour Markets: Implications Implications for Macroeconomics and Social Protection

Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector