Statistics

Informal Sector Enterprises: Some Measurement Issues

Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil

This brief summarizes statistics on poverty and employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Brazil.

Informal employment in the European Union

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

Women and Men in the Informal Economy 2010 – a Statistical Picture: Plans for an Updated Report

Paper for session III-3 at Hanoi Research Meeting, The Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Statistical Measurement, Economic Implications...

Tendencias Mundiales del Empleo 2013: Para Recuperarse de una Segunda Caída del Empleo (Resumen)

Cinco años después del estallido de la crisis financiera mundial, el informe presenta los últimos datos y proyecciones sobre varios indicadores...

The Informal Sector and Informal Employment in Armenia

This report contains the findings of the mixed-survey approach to measuring informal sector.

Home-Based Workers in Bangladesh: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents estimates of home-based workers in Bangladesh based on two rounds of labour force surveys (nationally representative...

Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6

Where Bad Jobs Are Better: Retail Jobs Across Countries and Companies

For the most part, retail jobs are “bad jobs” characterized by low wages, unpredictable work schedules, and few opportunities for advancement....

Home-based Workers: Data from the 1990 Census of Population