May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Building movements in the informal economy: Lessons for advancing labour rights in the circular economy Read More
Social Dialogue for Social Protection: A Perspective from the Informal Economy in Southeast Asia Read More
Precarious Migrant Status and Precarious Employment: The Paradox of International Rights for Migrant Workers Discusses the challenges of using international law to protect the rights of precariously-employed migrant workers. The author concludes... Read More
The Micro Political Economy of Gains by Unorganised Workers in India This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of... Read More
Ahmedabad’s BRT System: A Sustainable Urban Transport Panacea?Economic and Political Weekly The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and the National Urban Transport Policy have given a boost to bus rapid transit systems... Read More
Labour Market Vulnerability in Urban China-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics This paper tries to measure the vulnerability in urban labour markets by introducing a new form, wherein job security and social security... Read More
Tackling Entrepreneurship in the Informal Sector: An Overview of the Policy Options, Approaches and Measures The aim of this paper is to review the various policy options, approaches and measures that can be used to address informal entrepreneurship.... Read More
Living Conditions of Tea Plantation Workers The strike by women workers in the tea plantations of Kerala brings to fore the miserable living conditions of the workers in this sector... Read More
Indian ExportsEconomic and Political Weekly A time series of exports indicates that average export growth has remained almost stagnant since January 2012 after a sharp bounce back in... Read More
Labor Market Rigidities and Informality in ColombiaEconomía Informality has been at the center of the economic debate in Colombia as a result of the high levels prevalent in the country and its substantial... Read More
Special Issue on Informal Employment in India and ChinaThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics A special Issue of The Indian Journal of Labour Economics contains seven papers, contributed by select Chinese and Indian researchers, which... Read More
Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity... Read More
