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Informality trends and cycles [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies the trends and cycles of informal employment. It first presents a theoretical model where the size of informal employment is determined by the relative costs and benefits of informality and the distribution of workers'skills.
Loayza, Norman V., Rigolini, Jamele
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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source

Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

ASSESSING UNSTABLE SHADOW EMPLOYMENT AND ITS KEY CHARACTERISTICS (illustrated by surveying employees and employers of Moscow organizations)

open access: yesВестник Российского экономического университета имени Г. В. Плеханова, 2017
The article deals with an acute problem of informal employment in Moscow, which provides an opportunity to see a real situation with regard to respondents' and experts' opinion.
Mariya I. Chernyshova
doaj   +1 more source

Informal employment: risks and consequences for the Ukrainian labor market

open access: yesУкраїнський соціум, 2020
Institutional pathologies and the inability of the institutional order of the labor market to adapt to possible changes is manifested in the expansion of the informal segment of labor market and in the distortionof social and labor relations. The author
Blyzniuk V. V.
doaj   +1 more source

The cranial, mandibular, and hyoid anatomy of softshell turtles (Trionychidae): A revised character list for phylogenetic analysis

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Softshell turtles (Pan‐Trionychidae) are an early branching clade of hidden‐necked turtles (Cryptodira) with a rich fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous. The evolutionary history of softshell turtles is still unresolved because of their conservative morphology combined with high levels of polymorphism related to morphological ...
Léa C. Girard, Walter G. Joyce
wiley   +1 more source

Informal Employment and Inequality: Implications for Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yesCosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
A 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
doaj   +1 more source

Kesempatan Kerja Sektor Informal Di Daerah Perkotaan, Indonesia (Analisis Pertumbuhan dan Peranannya) = Employment Opportunity in Informal Sector in the Urban Areas, Indonesia (The growth and role analysis)

open access: yesMajalah Geografi Indonesia, 2014
This paper deals with employment opportunities in the urban areas of Indonesia. The informal sector is present in almost every city in this country. The existence of the informal sector is usually associated with the lack of labour absorption capacity of
Tadjuddin Noer Effendi
doaj   +1 more source

Formal-informal economy linkages and unemployment in South Africa: [PDF]

open access: yes
South Africa's high involuntary unemployment and small informal sector are attributed to an underperforming formal sector and barriers to entry in the informal sector. This paper examines the economywide linkages between the formal and informal economies
Davies, Rob, Thurlow, James
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