Statistics

Concept of the Informal Economy to Labour Market Changes in Developed Countries: What Can Be Learned

This working paper examines how the concept of informal economy can be applied in developed country contexts, paying particular attention...

Street Vendors in Asia: A Review

This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different...

Barriers to Entry and Returns to Capital in Informal Activities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa’s Informal Economy: A Statistical Profile

This paper presents a statistical profile of informal employment in South Africa from 2005 to 2007, and attempts to identify the economic...

Informalisation of Employment in Germany? Current Labour Market Trends and Measurement Problems

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

Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Elements of a Conceptual Framework

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

A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,...

The Informal Workforce and Public Policy

WIEGO translated this article into English (with permission) from the original, published in Trabajo Informal, Este Pais, in July 2013.  ...

System of National Accounts

The System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA) is a statistical framework that provides a comprehensive, consistent and flexible set of...

Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector

Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector presents a profile of non-agricultural, informal sector (proprietary, sole...