The Americas

Business Strategies of Informal Micro-entrepreneurs in Lima, Peru

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. 

Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges

Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges” is an initial study of co-operatives and their relationships...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Representing the part-time and contingent workforce: Challenges for unions and public policy

Home-Based Work and Women’s Labor Force DecisionsJournal of Labor Economics

Abstract: Home‐based work differs from other employment because the work site is the home itself. This difference means that the fixed costs...