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  • Research Reports

    Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle

    La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...

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  • Research Reports

    2013 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

    Twenty years after the Labour Overview was first published, we analyze the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean today. We also...

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  • Research Reports

    Gênero e Meio Ambiente: A dupla Jornada de Injustiça Ambiental em uma Cooperativa de Mulheres de Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis.

    em português   ABSTRACTS:   English VALLIN, Isabella de Carvalho. Gender and Environment: the double burden of environmental injustice in...

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  • Research Reports

    Going Nowhere Fast: Limited Occupational Mobility in the Fast Food Industry

    Front-line jobs in the fast food industry—including cooks, cashiers, delivery workers, and other non-managerial positions—rank among the...

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  • Research Reports

    Temporary Help Workers in the U.S. Labor Market

    Summary: The number of jobs in the temporary help services industry reached an all-time high of 2.9 million in May 2015, accounting for 2.4...

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  • Research Reports

    Negotiating Formality: Informal Sector, Market, and State in Peru

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  • Journal Articles

    Associations and Activism: Mobilization of Urban Informal Workers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Informal Employment in Brazil

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

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Statistics on Domestic Workers in Latin America

    Domestic work is an important occupation, involving a significant proportion of the workforce in Latin America.  

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  • Journal Articles

    Is Informal Sector Work an Alternative to Workfare Benefits? The Case of Pre-program Expansion and Economic CrisisReview of Development Economics

    This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

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