Informal work in developed nations
By: edited by Enrico Marcelli, Colin C. Williams and Pascale Joassart.
Contributors: Marcelli, Enrico.; Williams, Colin C., 1961-; Joassart, Pascale.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415777797; 9780203874455
Subjects: Informal sector (Economics); Labor
Description: The authors of this volume take the orthodox view of 'informal work' and dismantle it piece by piece, presenting an analysis of the extent to which this phenomenon plays a significant role in developing countries across the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The changing conceptualization of informal work in developed economies / Colin C. Williams; title: Measuring informal work in developed nations / Pascale M. Joassart; title: Informal work in the diverse economies of "post-socialist" Europe / Adrian Smith; title: Informal employment in the work-welfare arrangement of Germany / Birgit Pfau-Effinger and Slaydana Sacac-Magdalenic; title: Gender and informal work / Jan Windebank and Colin C. Williams; title: Geographical variations in informal work in contemporary England / Colin C. Williams; title: The fallacy of the formal and informal divide : lessons from a post-Fordist regional economy / Simone Ghezzi; title: Day laborers in New York's informal economy / Edwin Melendez, Nik Theodore, and Abel Valenzuela, Jr.; title: Effects of wage and hour law enforcement on informal work / Jordon Rickles and Paul M. Ong; title: Informal work among Mexican immigrants in metropolitan Los Angeles / Enrico A. Marcelli; title: Informal work in rural America : theory and evidence / Tim Slack and Leif Jensen 13. Informal work in Canada / Bernard Fortin and Guy Lacroix.