The Americas

Evolution of informal employment in the Dominican Republic

According to official estimates, between 2005 and 2010, informal employment fell from 58,6% to 47,9% as a proportion of total non-agricultural...

Nossos filhosnão recebem a atenção que merecem

Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...

Proyecto de reconocimiento de la situación de derechos humanos de los recicladores en latinoamérica: El caso de Ciudad de México, México

El presente documento describe en qué consiste la labor de los trabajadores voluntarios, la forma en que se realiza, las condiciones de salud...

License To Sell: The Effect Of Business Registration Reform On Entrepreneurial Activity In Mexico

This paper estimates the economic effects of a recent reform that simplified business entry regulation in Mexico. The reform was introduced...

Problems with Temporary and Subcontracted Work in California

The nature of employment is changing. Employees are increasingly seen as liabilities rather than assets, and so workers are kept at arm’s...

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain

Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216

Domestic Workers in Latin America: Statistics for New Policies

This paper analyzes domestic work, where the labour relationship is ill-regulated and difficult to control, and the conditions and characteristics...

Informal jobs and non-fatal occupational injuriesAnnals of Occupational Hygiene

Objectives: In Brazil, workers without a formal job contract represent approximately half of the labor force but there are no official statistics...