Theme: Statistics

(In)dependent Contractor Misclassification

Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ...

Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture 3rd edition

In this third edition of Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture, the ILO presents the first global estimates of informal...

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

How Does Decentralized Minimum Wage Setting Affect Employment and Informality? The Case of Indonesia

The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical Profile

This paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,...

Measuring Non-standard and Informal Employment in the Republic of Macedonia

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

Review of the Mixed Survey in the Colombian Informal Sector

Prepared for ILO-Latin America/WIEGO Latin America Regional Workshop on Statistics on the Informal Economy, Santiago, Chile

Informal Workers in Ahmedabad City

Uncovering Non-Garment Homework in Australia: Preliminary Issues

Abstract: Homeworkers are the most marginalized and one of the most exploited groups of workers (Greig, 2002), with an estimated 300 million...

Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights

From the UN Women website:”Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights, UN Women’s flagship report,...