Statistics

Measuring Informal Employment in South Africa: The New Quarterly Labour Force Survey

This briefing note discusses how the changes introduced in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) will affect

Nonstandard work in advanced economies: Need for measuring both quantity and quality of work

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and Policies

The paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal...

Contribution of Women to the National Economy

In the context of growing gender inequalities and the consequential adverse impacts on the well-being of the society, gender issues have...

Statistics on Home-Based Workers in Nepal

This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition....

The Indian labour market: A gender perspective

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of trends in labour market outcomes of women in India based on unit level data sets of employment...

Issues in Developing a Common Framework on Informal Employment

A Census of Street Vendors in eThekwini Municipality

Statistics on Informal Employment in Ghana

This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Ghana.The statistics are based on...

Measuring Informal Employment in OECD Countries

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University