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A Socio-Legal Exploration of the Linkages between Informal Employment, Social Protection and Labour Law in Latin America

Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2015
For decades Latin American societies and policy-makers have attempted to confront the social, political and economic challenges brought about by high levels of informal employment and entrepreneurial activity.
Ulf Thoene
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Research Gaps in Labour Market and Labour Force Information [PDF]

Relations industrielles, 2005
The purpose of the following paper is to point out some research gaps in labour market and labour force information. At the same time, the author outlines some areas where research seems to be necessary. The initial preparatory stage of manpower, the mechanisms of the short and long-run allocation of manpower encompass three important aspects that ...
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On handling urban informality in southern Africa [PDF]

, 2013
In this article I reconsider the handling of urban informality by urban planning and management systems in southern Africa. I argue that authorities have a fetish about formality and that this is fuelled by an obsession with urban modernity.
AAPS, Abdoul M., Amin A., Amin Y. Kamete, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, Bauman Z., Bayat A., Beall J., Berman M., Blunch N.‐H., Bromley R., Bromley R., Butcher C., Caldeira T. P. R., Campbell E. K., Castells M., CHRA, CITY of HARARE, CITY of HARARE, Cresswell T., de soto H., Foucault M., Friedman E., García canclini N., Ghertner D. A., Gospodini A., Gueye C., Hansen K. T., Hart K., Holston J., ILO, Jimu I. M., Kamete A. Y., Kamete A. Y., Kamete A. Y., Kamete A. Y., Kayuni H. M., King K., Legg S., Lindell I., Lindell I., Llobera J. R., Maloney W. F., Marcuse H., Meagher K., Misztal B. A., Misztal B. A., Mooya M. M., Moser C. O. N., MPSLSW, MPSLSW, Mubvami T., Odendaal N., Popke E. J., Prakash G., Rakodi C., Rakodi C., Robins S., Roy A., Roy A., Roy A., Roy A., Roy A., Rupiya M., Samers M., Sandercock L., SDI, SDI, Simone A., Simone A., Simone A., Stern R. E., Stren R. E., Swilling M., Thomas J., Tibaijuka A. K., Tipple A. G., Tokman V. E., UN‐HABITAT, UN‐HABITAT, Watson V., Watson V., Wekwete K. H., Yiftachel O.   +83 more
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Does ESG Matter for Unlisted Companies in the Agri‐Food Industry? Evidence From Japan's Unlisted Agri‐Food Companies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While ESG (environmental, social, and governance) is emphasized among listed companies for their stakeholders and ESG disclosures, ESG engagement among unlisted companies has been rarely examined due to data limitations. This is particularly problematic for the agri‐food industry that has significant impacts on the environment and consists ...
Ying Wang, Satoru Shimokawa
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Immigrants’ housing in the housing market in Russia: from the results of sociological questionnaire

RUDN Journal of Economics, 2018
The study is based on the results of an original sociological survey conducted in 25 cities of Russia from June 2017 to March 2018 by the author. This paper focuses especially on labour immigrants from Central Asia, Ukraine, Belarus and Caucasus regions ...
Mayu Michigami
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Informal labour markets in Pakistan [PDF]

, 2015
This paper describes the results of a survey of informal-sector firms in Pakistan. Firms belong to the informal sector mainly because of scarce financial resources. There are significant differences in the level of wages and the flexibility of wages with the informal sector having both lower wages and greater flexibility than the formal sector.
Choudhary, M. Ali, Mahmood, Saima, Zoega, Gylfi   +2 more
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, 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, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
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Informal Labour in India

, 2020
India like many other developing countries is characterized by huge proportion of informal labour in its total workforce. The percentage of Informal Workforce is close to 92% of total as computed from NSSO 68th round on Employment and Unemployment, 2011-12.
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

Agribusiness, 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
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Informal employment and poor self-perceived health in Latin America and the Caribbean: a gender-based comparison between countries and welfare states in a pooled analysis of 176,786 workers

Globalization and Health, 2021
Background More than half of the working population in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries is engaged in informal employment. The few previous studies indicate that this employment condition could have negative consequences for workers’ health ...
Mireia Utzet, Ferran Botías, Michael Silva-Peñaherrera, Aurelio Tobías, Fernando G. Benavides   +4 more
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