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Informal sector on labour market [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Română de Statistică, 2011
The informal sector is omnipresent, existing in the market economies and centrally planned economies in both the developing and developed ones. The sector achieved results that run the economy and engage workers who work, earn income and consume ...
Silvia PISICĂ
doaj  

Factors associated with health-seeking behaviour among informal sector workers in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana

open access: yesCogent Public Health, 2022
Even though studies have established that informal sector workers are prone to occupational-related diseases, not much is known about their health-seeking behaviour.
Dina Adei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seed systems smallholder farmers use [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Seed can be an important entry point for promoting productivity, nutrition and resilience among smallholder farmers. While investments have primarily focused on strengthening the formal sector, this article documents the degree to which the informal ...
A Aw-Hassan   +54 more
core   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

TRIANGLE ANALYSIS OF HEALTH INSURANCE PUBLIC POLICY: A CASE STUDY ON THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN INDONESIA [PDF]

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, 2017
Background: The proportion of informal sector dominates the labour force in Indonesia. Yet, their presence has not been fully covered in the national health insurance system. Health insurance policy in Indonesia continues to change.
Haerawati Idris
doaj   +1 more source

Reform, informal sector, and extortion [PDF]

open access: yesEconomics & Politics, 2017
AbstractInformal economy involving unrecorded, unregistered, extra‐legal activities employs majority of the work force in the developing world. Such extra‐legal existence of informal production is facilitated through extortion by agents of political forces in power. Also, extortion activities themselves constitute an informal segment.
Biswajit Mandal   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

Do Politically Motivated Import Bans Leave Lasting Scars? Evidence From Australian–Chinese Beef Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In May 2020, China abruptly suspended imports from several major Australian beef processors, escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. This trade measure disrupted one of the largest beef export relationships in the world almost overnight.
K. Aleks Schaefer, Youngjune Kim
wiley   +1 more source

A Theory of the Informal Sector [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
In many countries, especially poor countries, a heavy burden of taxes, fees, bureaucratic hassles, and bribes drives many producers into an informal sector. This paper shows that we can attribute the existence of a large informal sector to the fact that, because productive endowments contain important unobservable components, the state cannot adjust ...
Yoshiaki Azuma, Herschel I. Grossman
openaire   +3 more sources

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