The job ladder : transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries / edited by Gary S. Fields, T.H. Gindling, Kunal Sen, Michael Danquah, Simone Schotte
- Published
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 437 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Additional Creators
- Fields, Gary S., Gindling, T. H., Sen, Kunal, 1961-, Danquah, Michael, Schotte, Simone, and World Institute for Development Economics Research
Access Online
- Oxford Academic: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series
- Restrictions on Access
- Open access.
- Summary
- Based on studies of a range of countries in the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology. The country studies use panel data to study the dynamics of worker transitions between formal and heterogeneous informal work and present a comparative perspective across developing countries in Asia, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and North Africa and the Middle East. Each study provides a nuanced view of informality, dividing workers into six work statuses: formal wage-employees, upper-tier informal wage-employees, lower-tier informal wage employees, formal self-employed, and upper-tier informal self-employed.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780191959387 ebook
- Audience Notes
- Specialized.
- Note
- Also issued in print: 2023.
A study prepared by the United Nations University World Insitute for Development Economics Research - UNU-WIDER.
"This is an open access publication. Except where otherwise noted, this work is distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0IGO)"--Title page verso. - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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