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On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector

A range of alternative empirical definitions of informal activity have been employed in the literature. Choice of definition is often dictated by data availability. Different definitions may imply very different conceptual understandings of informality. In this paper the authors investigate the degr...

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Main Authors: Henley, Andrew, Arabsheibani, G. Reza, Carneiro, Francisco G.
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CENTRAL AMERICAN
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
COLLEGE GRADUATES
COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
DISABILITY
DISMISSAL
DISMISSALS
DISPLACED WORKERS
DISPLACEMENT
DOMESTIC WORKERS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY
FIRING
FIRING COSTS
FIRM SIZE
FLEXIBLE HOURS
FLEXIBLE HOURS OF WORK
FORMAL LABOR MARKET
HOURS OF WORK
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT
ILLITERACY
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR
JOB SATISFACTION
JOBS
LABOR CONTRACT
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET REGULATION
LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
LABOR REGULATION
LEGAL STATUS
LITERATURE
MATERNITY LEAVE
MINIMUM WAGE
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION
OCCUPATIONS
OVERTIME
PAPERS
PREVIOUS STUDIES
PRINCIPAL ALTERNATIVE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBIT REGRESSIONS
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
RESEARCHERS
SELFEMPLOYMENT
SENIORITY
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
STAFF
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TURNOVER
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNIONIZATION
WAGE DIFFERENTIAL
WORK IN PROGRESS
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6634942/defining-measuring-informal-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8342

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6634942/defining-measuring-informal-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8342

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