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  • Journal Articles

    Earnings Determinants for Self-Employed Women and Men in the Informal Economy: The Case of Bogotá, ColombiaInternational Social Science Review

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  • Journal Articles

    Informal Markets: Street Vendors in Mexico City.Habitat International

    The central question this article addresses is: What are the functions of street vendor organizations? The study of street vending in Mexico...

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  • Journal Articles

    World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

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  • Research Reports

    Measuring informal employment in Mexico

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

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  • Journal Articles

    The Macrosociology of Paid Domestic Labor

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  • Journal Articles

    Varieties of Capitalism and Employment Relations: Informally Dominated Market Economies

    The varieties of capitalism and employment relations literature have largely focused on formally regulated market economies, with a general neglect...

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  • Research Reports

    Crowding in Collective Remittances: Lessons Learned from State-HTA Collaborations in El Salvador

    Destination D.C. Working Paper

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  • Worker Story

    God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story

    The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Integrating Informal Workers into Selective Waste Collection: The Case of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    This Briefing Note explores the origin and key elements of public policy focused on the integration of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil....

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  • Research Reports

    Trabalho Informal e Direito à Cidade

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