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Popular Urbanization: Conceptualizing Urbanization Processes Beyond Informality

open access: yes, 2020
This article introduces the concept of popular urbanization to describe a specific urbanization process based on collective initiatives, self-organization and the activities of inhabitants.
M. Streule   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Informal urbanism in the state of uncertainty: forms of informality and urban health emergencies

open access: yesUrban Design International, 2020
Forms of informality—ranging from informal settlements to street vending and informal transport—have become integral, yet not necessarily limited to how cities of the global South work.
H. Kamalipour, Nastaran Peimani
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Informalidad, pobreza y consumo en México: Evidencia empírica entre 1993 y 2019

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas Nueva Época REMEF, 2021
Informality, Poverty and Consumption in Mexico: Empirical Evidence between 1993 and 2019 In this document we explore the relationship between informality, poverty and “predictable consumption” in Mexico.
Oscar de Jesús Gálvez-Soriano   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploratory analysis of the determinants of informality in emerging and frontier economies: an institutional approach via PLS-SEM

open access: yesDevelopment Studies Research
This study explores the link between informality and institutional quality in 48 emerging economies from 2013 to 2018, using partial least squares – structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).
Ricardo E. Buitrago R.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informality Reigns The Country: The Case Of The Czech Republic [PDF]

open access: yesCentral European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2011
This work focuses on informal politics for the political elite level in the Czech Republic and proposes an actor-based view. It considers the relationship between formal and informal structures and the functions of informality.
Nicole Gallina
doaj  

Determinants of Labor Productivity in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Pre- and Post-Financial Crisis Mexico

open access: yesGadjah Mada International Journal of Business, 2018
Although the global financial crisis of 2008 had tremendous effects on global businesses, its impact on firm performance in emerging markets is unknown.
Young-Hee Kang, Kyunga Na
doaj   +1 more source

Association between informal employment and mortality rate by welfare regime in Latin America and the Caribbean: an ecological study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objective We aimed to estimate the association between informal employment and mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by comparing welfare state regimes.Design Ecological study using time-series cross-sectional analysis of countries ...
Fernando G Benavides   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informality in action: A relational look at informal work

open access: yesInternational Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2020
We conceptualize informal work in relational terms, examining informality through the relations and interactions between and among a set of actors: capitalists, the state, organizations of informal workers, traditional trade unions, individual informal ...
B. Lee, S. Swider, Chris Tilly
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Youth justification of informality in the post-Yugoslav countries: Reflection of political socialization or pragmatism? [PDF]

open access: yesAnali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
Informal practices are rather widespread in post-Yugoslav societies, representing a complex problem with significant social, economic and political implications.
Gvozdanović Anja
doaj   +1 more source

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