In this paper we aim to analyze how sensible is the informal worker profile to distinct classification procedures, as well as to analyze the sensibility of the link between informality and welfare to the same procedures. A disaggregated analysis by employers and employees is one contribution of...

This paper focuses on the three main approaches of the informal sector in terms of the implicit conceptions of the State and of the implications of its actions on the informal sector. The study points out the features of each of the three theoretical approaches - the keynesian, the neoliberal...

We implement decompositions of cyclical unemployment in a large developing country using the conventional 3-states and a 4-states representation of the labor market, where in the latter we subdivide the employment state into formal and informal forms of employment. This allows a richer analysis...