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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Informal employment"”.
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The relationship between formal and informal employment in South Africa
… have dominated debates about the nature of informal employment in developing countries. The dualistic theory claims that the informal sector is a substitute for formal employment, the alternative theory claims that the informal sector is a compliment to formal employment, and the structural …
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Marriage, motherhood, childcare arrangements and work: female labor force participation and informal employment under Chinese economic reform
… in the labor force and involvement in the informal economy—jobs marked by long working hours, low wages, and little benefits. China experiences rapid economic growth and institutional re-structuring in the market transition where the gender equality legacies in the socialist era largely …
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Labor Markets in Transformation: Case Studies of Latin America
… in developing countries: non-agricultural employment in the rural economy and informal employment in the urban economy. Rural non-agricultural employment (RNAE) is being increasingly emphasized as a potential pathway out of rural poverty for people who are unable to secure their income in …
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All jobs are equal, but some jobs are more equal than others: what a clustering algorithm reveals about the labour market segmentation in South Africa
… use of a clustering algorithm to identify these informal and formal segments in the labour market. I apply this methodology to a nationally representative panel dataset of employed South Africans. I find that employed South Africans fall into one of three segments. Two of these segments resemble …
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Assessing some socio-economic and demographic changes affecting the employment in the informal sector between the years 2017 and 2020
In most developing countries, the informal workforce comprises over half of the total workforce, reaching approximately 68.5% in South Africa. This category includes self-employed individuals in informal enterprises and wage workers in informal jobs. Multiple pressures, such as escalating youth …
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Female Participation in the Informal Sector in Brazil in 1996 and in 2005
… 1990s have changed the organization of female employment in the country. In this study, I examine the participation of women in the informal sector in Brazil in 1996 and 2005. Using micro-level data from the Brazilian Monthly Employment Survey, I find Brazilian female workers became older, more …
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Quantitative Insights into Pension Reform in Emerging Economies: The Case of Vietnam.
Emerging countries are characterized by high informality, while their social security systems remain rudimentary and often exclusively target formal employment. Vietnam, where informal employment constitutes approximately 80% of the total labor force (ILO2021) and is currently one of the most …
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An application of the theory of planned behaviour to predict financial behaviour of minibus-taxi drivers and owners in Cape Town
The minibus-taxi industry is one of the largest informal employment sectors in South Africa. While informal employment often equates to low income work anecdotal reports from minibus- taxi drivers suggest that this does not necessarily apply in the minibus-taxi industry. This implies that working …
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Fatores que podem influenciar o saldo financeiro do regime geral de previdência social brasileiro
… Selic rate, dependency ratio of the elderly, informal employment, and income the usual, have had significant results, thus confirming that these variables influence the cash balance of the General Regime of Social security.
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Navigating the Go-Down Zone in Namuwongo: reimagining spaces for informal traders in Kampala
… rate. Eight out of ten people are taking up informal employment, many of whom set up and occupy sites within highly contested spaces in the urban realm. Modernist planning and developments across the city are unable to sustain the growing number of traders in the city. The Godown Zone in …
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Living with Institutions: A Micro-Level Explanation of Informal Economic Activity
Informal economic activity (IEA) plays a significant part in the service sector, although it remains relatively underexplored. This thesis applies a qualitative case study approach to explore why a group of small service sector business owners within a developed economic setting adopt informal …
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The Role of Law Enforcement in Combating Child Labour” a case study of Arusha City, Tanzania
… that Children working in different forms of informal employment. Majority employed as domestic servants, apprentice mechanics and car washers. The study revealed the main causes of child labour are parent separation, negligence of parents to take care their children, and Child orphan hood, …
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Essays on the Political Behavior of Economic Informality and Public Goods
… examines the relationship between economic informality, political behavior, and public goods provision. In three papers, it explores how seemingly nonpolitical everyday social institutions and collective action rooted in economic informality help extend the reach of the state and advance …
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Precarious Employment and Fathering Among Men in Higher Education Institutions
… involving female academic staff on precarious employment contracts and how they balance their work and family lives. However, research involving male academic staff on insecure contracts with children is limited, particularly within the South African context. My thesis addressed this gap by …
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The Informal Economy in Lebanon: Dangers and Benefits
… and detrimental characteristics of the informal economy in Lebanon and its impact on the public and state interest through its socio-economic associations. The informal economy is a polymorphous entity, and in order to determine its versatile contribution, has been separated into four …
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Scope and limitations of a capability-based measure of Job Quality in Central America
… job has been dominated by the phenomenon of informality. Indicators like the ‘informal sector size’ or the proportion of workers in ‘informal employment’ give little attention to the intrinsic features of jobs that affect workers’ well-being, thus misleading policy efforts. Validation of …
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The interdependence of human rights: a case study with recommendations for law reform to promote decent work in the informal economy and street vending sector in Nigeria
… human development. One example of such work is informal employment. As the informal economy has continued to expand, growing concern about the nature and quality of work has, over the past two decades, given rise to various attempts to measure and promote decent work. Decent work means work that …
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Socioeconomic Status and Health Behavior in Nepal
… settings where income may be seasonal and informal employment is common. The debate over how to accurately measure economic wellbeing is pertinent in Nepal, where more than 25% of the population lives in poverty and subsistence farming is an important source of livelihood. Additionally, …
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Experiences of Female Informal Traders in Namibia during the National Coronavirus Lockdown of 2020
Background. In emerging economies, the informal sector is often the largest sector of the economy. Namibia is no exception, with approximately 58% of the Namibian population deriving a livelihood within the informal sector of the economy (Namibia Statistics Agency, 2018). According to the Namibia …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
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