The Americas

The Formalization of Informal/Precarious Labor in Contemporary ArgentinaInternational Sociology

Abstract: In this article we argue that the Argentinian state is legalizing or formalizing informal/precarious labor. In the actual context...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadoras e Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis de Bogotá, Colômbia

Possible Choices, Valuable Meanings: an Overview of the Activities of Brazilian Recyclable Materials Pickers

Recyclable materials pickers have been sorting through garbage and transforming it into usable commodities for a long time in many places...

The Formal and Informal Sectors in Colombia: Country Case Study on Labour Market Segmentation

Employment Working Paper No.146

Informal Cities and the Contestation of Public Space: The Case of Bogotá’s Street Vendors, 1988—2003Urban Studies

The resurgence of informal street trading poses serious challenges for local officials responsible for the maintenance of public space. This...

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...

Experiencias y estrategias de protección social desde organizaciones de Trabajadores/as informales urbanos en México: los casos de la ciudad de México, Mérida y Monterrey

Programa WIEGO: Fortaleciendo la voz de los trabajadores informales en las decisiones de política social en América Latina

Measuring Nonstandard Employment in the United States

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

Enforcement Strategies for Empowerment: Models for the California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Research and Policy Brief No. 30

Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations

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