Wage differentials between skill groups are larger in the US than in most western European countries. Especially low skilled workers are relatively worse off in the US than elsewhere. A simple demand and supply explanation for this fact would be that relative net supply of low skilled workers in...

Measuring the informal economy: taking up the challenge -- Statistics relating to the informal economy -- Statistics on developed countries -- Specific groups of urban informal workers -- Future directions for measuring the informal economy

This publication provides, for the first time, direct measures of informal employment inside and outside informal enterprises for 47 countries. It also presents statistics on the composition and contribution of the informal economy as well as on specific groups of urban informal workers