United States of America

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...

Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights

Sociological Inquiry

Abstract: Most research on the informal economy concentrates on how the informal economy operates at the international and regional levels...

Contingent Workforce: Size, Characteristics, Earnings and Benefits

Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers

The Informal Economy: Experiences of African Americans

FIELD Program (Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination)

The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models

Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...

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

Microenterprises in the U.S. Informal Economy: Summary Research Findings

Field Forum, Issue 15

‘An area that governs itself ’: Informality, uncertainty and the management of street vending in New York CityPlanning Theory

Laws governing street vending in New York City are confusing, convoluted, at times contradictory and difficult to enforce with any sort of...