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: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780801837364
Subjects: Development economics; International economics; Informal sector (Economics); Business/Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Labor; Sociology - General; Business & Economics / Labor; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Science-Sociology - General; Case studies; Government policy
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.