The Informal Economy
Subtitle: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries
Contributors: Alejandro Portes (Editor); Manuel Castells (Editor); Lauren A. Benton (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: March 1, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780801837357
Subjects: Development economics; International economics; International Relations - General; Labor; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Case studies; Government policy; Informal sector (Economics); Business / Economics / Finance
First sentence: The informal economy, in all the ambiguity of its connotations, has come to constitute a major structural feature of society, both in industrialized and less developed countries.