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Do economic reforms hurt or help the informal labor market?

, 2016
The evidence is mixed on whether informal labor in developing countries benefits from trade and labor market reforms. Reforms lead to higher wages and improved employment conditions in the informal sector in some cases, and to the opposite effect in ...
Kar, Saibal
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Informal Sector and Corruption: An Empirical Investigation for India [PDF]

India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of corruption in every sector is remarkably high.
Dutta, Nabamita, Kar, Saibal, Roy, Sanjukta   +2 more
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Defining and measuring informal employment in South Africa: A review of recent approaches [PDF]

This paper reviews the Stats SA methodologies to measure informal employment before and after the introduction of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), as well as other recently proposed approaches (e.g., Devey, Skinner and Valodia, Heintz and Posel,
Derek Yu
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Barriers to women’s empowerment in India’s informal sector: structural and socio-economic constraints

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This study explores the role of women in informal employment, emphasizing their economic contributions, challenges, and policy implications. The objective is to assess the structural and socio-economic factors influencing women's participation in ...
Pritam Ranjan Sahu, Deepak Kumar Behera
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Tertiary activities and informality: quantitative importance and interconnections within the economy in Brazil [PDF]

This paper studies the importance of the Tertiary sector and the informal sector for the Brazilian economy, making an interconnection between them and with them and the rest of the economy and the formal sector.
Azzoni, Carlos Roberto, Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins   +1 more
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Foreign direct investment, environmentally sound technology and informal sector [PDF]

The paper examines the linkages between foreign direct investment, informal sector and transfer of environmentally sound technology (EST) in a developing economy in terms of a three-sector, full-employment general equilibrium model with an informal ...
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit, Mukhopadhyay, Ujjaini   +1 more
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The Effects of the Minimum Wage in the Formal and Informal Sectors in Brazil [PDF]

The minimum wage literature is very limited on empirical evidence for developing countries. This already limited literature is even more limited on the effects of the minimum wage in the informal sector, where most of the poor are.
Sara lemos
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Changing Role of Women: A Study of Small Manufacturing Enterprises in India [PDF]

Women's position in the labour market is quite vulnerable and they face widespread discrimination, especially in the informal sector. This position is changing, both quantitatively and qualitatively, and there is a marked trend towards feminisation of ...
Mukherjee, Dipa
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Migration and Unemployment in South Africa: When Motivation Surpasses the Theory [PDF]

This paper looks at the connection between internal migration and unemployment in South Africa. We examine whether rural-urban migrants are more likely to be unemployed, in informal sector employment or underemployed than non-migrants.
Brett Inder, Katy Cornwell
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Occupational Safety and Health in the Formal and Informal Sectors - 2024, Freetown, Sierra Leone: A Workplace-Base Survey. [PDF]

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Sesay BP, Rogers K, Elduma AH, Gebru GN, Kobbay MS, Gogra AB.   +5 more
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