May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Low Pay Among Wage Earners and the Self-employed in IndiaInternational Labour Review Abstract: While inequality and poverty in India have been much studied, little attention has been given to the underlying role of the labour... Read More
New Frontiers of Regulation: Domestic Work, Working Conditions, and the Holistic Assessment of Nonstandard Work NormsComparative Labor Law & Policy Journal Abstract: Read More
The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Assessing Access by Informal Workers In 2003 the Ghanaian government introduced, a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – an, innovative and large scale attempt to extend,... Read More
Capitalism and the Common Man: Peasants and Petty Production in Africa and South AsiaAgrarian South: Journal of Political Economy Abstract: In 1976, the political sociologist of Africa, Gavin Williams, controversially ‘took the part of peasants’ in an essay, the critique... Read More
The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and Policies The paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal... Read More
Working in Large Food Retailers in France and the USA: The Key Role of InstitutionsWork Employment & Society Abstract: Despite numerous similarities between the food retail sectors of France and the USA, there are significant contrasts in the jobs,... Read More
“We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban Forum Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing... Read More
Challenging the Legal Boundaries of Work Regulation Abstract: Focusing on paid work that blurs traditional legal boundaries and the challenge this poses to traditional forms of labour regulation,... Read More
Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in... Read More
