May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
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... Read More
Estimating the Causal Effect of Enforcement on Minimum Wage Compliance: The Case of South AfricaReview of Development Economics This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. Read More
Whose Wealth Is It Anyway? Mozambique’s Outstanding Economic Growth with Worsening Rural Poverty Despite rapid economic growth and massive inflows of aid, rural poverty in Mozambique is worsening. Agricultural production and productivity have... Read More
Work Like Any Other, Work Like No Other: Establishing Decent Work for Domestic Workers In anticipation of the implementation of the ILO Convention on the Rights of Domestic Workers, analyzes the unique challenges of creating... Read More
The Politics of Classification and the Complexity of Governance in Census Towns Spontaneous urbanisation through the transfer of capital from the agricultural sector to the commercial sector has given rise to a large... Read More
Macro-Level Determinants of Paid Domestic Labour Prevalence: A Cross-National Analysis of Seventy-Four CountriesSocial Policy and Society Abstract: The growing demand for domestic workers has been linked to several global developments, such as an ageing population, income inequality,... Read More
Women and Informality: A Global Picture, the Global Movement SAIS Review Over the past two decades, employment in the informal sector has risen rapidly in all regions in the world. Until the recent Asian economic... Read More
Entry Regulation and the Formalization of Microenterprises in Developing CountriesThe World Bank Research Observer Abstract: The majority of microenterprises in most developing countries remain informal despite more than a decade of reforms aimed at making... Read More
IPRs for FarmersEconomic and Political Weekly A number of state agencies and non-governmental organisations have come forward to facilitate farmers/breeders to register their crop varieties... Read More
¿Qué derechos laborales tienen los trabajadores informales del servicio de limpia en la ciudad de México?: el caso de los trabajadores voluntarios y pepenadoresMétodhos El presente artículo tiene por objetivo demostrar que el servicio de limpia es un servicio público cuya realización corresponde al Gobierno... Read More
