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Informal employment in Ukraine: 2007 survey application
Наукові записки НаУКМА: Економічні науки, 2016 Informal employment became a serious challenge for the Ukrainian economy during its adjustment to market conditions. Trends of the number of workers participating in the informal sector have been rising for the last years.
Oksana Nezhyvenko
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Dynamics and structure of informal employment in modern Russian society
Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Общественные наукиBackground. In many cases, informal employment is forced and associated with vulnerability and discrimination of workers, who may be limited in wages, social protection, professional growth and promotion, etc.
L.N. Mordisheva
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Informality and structural transformation
Central Bank Review, 2017 In this paper, we investigate the evolution of the informal sector through structural transformation. We develop both a three-sector and a five-sector dynamic general equilibrium (DGE) model, which can simultaneously account for structural transformation
Orhan Erem Atesagaoglu +2 more
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From Degrees to Disparities: Gender, Education, and Employment in Egypt and the Middle East “A Systematic Review” [PDF]
المجلة العربية للإدارةThis review examines the role of four key dimensions: gender, education, intergenerational factors, and employment sector choices in women’s labor force participation levels across Egypt and the MENA region.
Nouran Nashaat
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Frontiers in Global Women's HealthIntroductionExclusive breastfeeding (EBF) improves child survival and maternal health, but structural and employment-related conditions may affect its continuity. Evidence from Peru on EBF disparities by current maternal employment status remains limited.
Lily Mabel Portal-Valqui +6 more
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DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY
Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка, 2014 The article discusses the negative effects of informal sector in economic activity on the socio-economic development of the country. It is proven that despite the temporary effects of part-time employment of unskilled labor and a price advantage ...
N. Drozd
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Informal Employment and Inequality: Implications for Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary JournalA sizable level of informal employment, often stemming from social disparities and limited economic opportunities, can have great implications for migration in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Rashidat Akande +3 more
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Informal sector employment and poverty in South Africa
, 2018 We examine the role that informal sector employment plays in poverty reduction using data from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS). Using a Shapley decomposition approach, wefind that government transfers and formal sector jobs are the dominant drivers of aggregate poverty reduction.
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Employment Relationships and Organizing Strategies in the Informal Construction Sector
African Studies Quarterly, 2010 The expansion of self-employment, casual labor and outsourcing in the construction sector around the world and the growing involvement of intermediaries has led to an increasing complexity of employment relationships. The paper discusses the implications
Jill Wells, Arthur Jason
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Problems of Working Women in the Rural Informal Sector of Punjab (Pakistan)
Lahore Journal of EconomicsThe informal sector plays a significant role in Pakistan’s economy as well as in other developing countries. The role of the informal sector in solving the unemployment problem of Third World countries has become the focus of a conceptual and empirical ...
Karamat Ali, Abdul Hamid
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