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Journal Articles

Continuing gender stereotypes or signs of change: Occupational pattern of women workers

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Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce – Executive Summary

Executive summary of research report Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui.Informe disponible en español...

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Employment vulnerability and earnings in urban West Africa

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Empowering Women in an Insecure World. Joining SEWA Makes a Difference.

Abstract: This paper examines what significance membership in SEWA has. SEWA, a trade union of self-employed poor women, uses several strategies...

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Epidemiological Surveillance of Informal Worker’s Health in Two Cities in Southeastern Brazil

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Extending the Coverage of Minimum Wages in India: Simulations from Household Data

Conditions of Work and Employment Series, No. 26

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Falling through the Regulatory Cracks: Street Selling of Pesticides and Poisoning among Urban Youth in South AfricaInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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Globalization, The Financial Crisis and Petty Production in India’s Socially Regulated Informal Economy

Abstract: This essay explores theoretical and practical problems arising from the impact of liberalization/globalization and its latest crisis...

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Hierarchies of Care Work in South Africa: Nurses, Social Workers and Home-based Care Workers

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Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria

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