Search Results - subject:"Informal employment"

Türkiye'de İstihdamın Yapısal Özellikleri

Bildirici, Melike - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2009

In this paper, structural features of employment will be investigated between 1908 and 2008. In this period, in addition to general features of employment, structural features (structural transformation and the break point as sectoral, gender, age and nationality basis) including child and woman...

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The FairWear Campaign: An Ethical Network in the Australian Garment Industry

Burchielli, Rosaria; Delaney, Annie; Tate, Jane; … - In: Journal of Business Ethics 90 (2009) 4, pp. 575-588

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Report on Informal Employment in Romania

Parlevliet, Jante; Xenogiani, Theodora - Centre de développement, Organisation de Coopération … - 2008

Informal employment is one of the key features of the Romanian labour market and the main concerns of the Romanian … government. Informal employment is not new in Romania. This study attempts to shed light on the issue of informal work in Romania. …

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Kayıtlı-Kayıtdışı Çalışanların Yapısal Farklılıklarının Sosyal Devlet Bağlamında Sorgulanması

San, Sayýn - İktisat Bölümü, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi - 2008

The aim of this study is to make preliminary exercise with determining structural differences between formal and informal workers to the context of social state. Household Budget Survey Micro data of Turkish Statistical Institute is used to determine structural differences of formal/informal...

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On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector

Henley, Andrew; Arabsheibani, G. Reza; Carneiro, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

A range of alternative empirical definitions of informal activity have been employed in the literature. Choice of definition is often dictated by data availability. Different definitions may imply very different conceptual understandings of informality. This paper investigates the degree of...

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Informal Employment in Russia: Combining Disadvantages and Opportunities

Merkuryeva, Irina - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 2006

The paper discusses the problem of informal employment in Russia, its structure and the factors contributing to the … individual decisions making when choosing specific employment type. Informal employment is a highly diverse area comprising … according to their main characteristics. This finding allows us to regard informal employment as a superior entrepreneurial …

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Job-Search Methods and Labor Market Transitions in a Segmented Economy

Woltermann, Silke - EconWPA - 2003

considered: 'working' or 'searching'. In most countries though the labor market is segmented in formal and informal employment …

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Self-Employment in Chile, long run trends and education and age structures changes

Puentes, Esteban; Contreras, Dante; Sanhueza, Claudia - In: Estudios de Economia 34, 2 Year 2007, pp. 203-247

This paper studies long-term trends of self-employment in Chile. Self-employment is associated with poor job conditions, vulnerability, and instability or informal labor market. Contrary to what is expected, self- employment level does not respond to macroeconomic variables. Using forty-one...

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