Theme: Statistics

Considerations for Revision of the International Classification of Status in Employment – ICSE-93

Many employment arrangements today do not fit easily within the existing International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93) either...

Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture, 1st Edition

WIEGO compiled and analyzed available national data on informal employment for this ILO publication, which became  the pre-eminent source...

Informal Jobs in Industrialized ‘North’ Countries

Background paper for Women and Men in Informal Employment: A Statistical Picture.

Measuring informal employment in Mexico

Seminar for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Cambridge, MA, 31 October – 1 November 2008

Measuring Informal Employment in Transition Countries

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

Isssues in Development and Maintenance of a User-Oriented Data Archive for National Data on Informal Economy

Background document for the WIEGO Statistics Planning Meeting, June 2002

Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal Protection

This report attempts to capture the size of the domestic work sector in the world for 2010 of 52.6 million. According to the latest data...

The World’s Women 2000: Trends and Statistics

Informality, Returns to Education and Labour Market Integration in China-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

This study analyses data from household surveys in six large Chinese cities in 2010 to describe the nature of informal employment and estimate...

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....