Measuring Informality : A statistical manual on the informal sector and informal employment

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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Contents; Tables; Figures; Boxes; Abbreviations and acronyms; Chapter 1. Introduction; Purpose of the manual; Importance of the informal sector and informal employment; Relevant international statistical standards; Measurement objectives; Data collection programme; Identifying the data requirements of major users; Contents; Chapter 2. Concepts, definitions and sub-classifications of informal sector and informal employment; Introduction; The informal sector; Informal employment; Non-use of 'informal economy' as a statistical term

Production units (17th ICLS Guidelines) and institutional sectors (SNA)Links between the concepts of informal sector, informal employment and non-observed economy; Sub-classifications; Chapter 3. Measurement objectives and methods of data collection; Introduction; Data requirements; Statistical units; Household surveys; Establishment surveys and censuses; Mixed household and enterprise surveys; Methods of indirect estimation; Summary; Chapter 4. Household surveys on informal sector employment and other types of informal employment; Introduction; Questionnaire design; Treatment of agriculture

Secondary jobsData processing; Other considerations for survey design; Effect on main objectives and operations of the survey; Chapter 5. Establishment surveys and censuses; Introduction; Establishment censuses; Establishment surveys; Planning and design; Establishment surveys and censuses in the world; Chapter 6. Mixed surveys; Introduction; Mixed independent informal sector surveys; The dual household/establishment frame approach; Planning and design; Mixed surveys in the world; Chapter 7. Tabulation, reporting and dissemination; Introduction; Items of data collection

Selected derived variables and indicatorsTabulations; Metadata; Dissemination in Reports; Computer-based Products; Promotional efforts; Chapter 8. Use of statistics on informal sector and informal employment for national accounts; Introduction; Informal sector and informal employment in the 2008 SNA; Statistics on the informal sector for national accounts; Use of informal sector survey statistics for estimating national accounts aggregates; References; Appendices A1 and A2: International resolution and guidelines on informality, adopted by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians

Appendices B1 and B2: Proposed layout and tabulation variables and categories

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