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Defining informality vs mitigating its negative effects
Bulmer, Elizabeth Ruppert - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
There are more informal workers than formal workers across the globe, and yet there remains confusion as to what makes workers or firms informal and how to measure the extent of it. Informal work and informal economic activities imply large efficiency and welfare losses, in terms of low...
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Transitions between informal and formal employment: Results from a worker survey in Bangladesh
Gutierrez, Italo A.; Kumar, Krishna B.; Mahmud, Minhaj Uddin - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 9 (2019) 3, pp. 1-27
new survey in Bangladesh. Workers transitioning between jobs are most likely to remain in the same type of employment …
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Informality and exclusion: Evidence from matched employer-employee data for Lebanon and Syria
Alloush, Mohamad; Chartouni, Carole; Gatti, Roberta; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-18
Informality, measured as the share of the employed who do not have access to social security, is high in Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic. This paper uses new data from the 2010 Lebanon and Syria matched employer-employee surveys, which include modules that directly test for ability (Raven's...
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Premium price for natural preservatives in wine: A discrete choice experiment
Chikumbi, Lydia; Ščasný, Milan; Muchapondwa, Edwin; … - In: Wine Economics and Policy 10 (2021) 1, pp. 101-118
The South African wine industry has recently launched the world's first 'no sulphite added' wine made from indigenous Rooibos & Honeybush toasted wood chips. This wood chip contains antioxidant properties known to protect wine from oxidation. On the other hand, SO2 as a preservative, is often...
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Transnational Social Movement Unionism as a Revitalisation Strategy and Chance for Female Trade Unionists? A Case Study from Bangladesh’s Ready-made Garment Sector
Fink, Elisabeth - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 25 (2018) 2, pp. 188-208
Bekleidungssektors Bangladeschs. SMU galt in Bangladesch insbesondere aufgrund des Prozesses der Depolitisierung zivilgesellschaftlicher … garment sector. In the past, the concept of SMU was considered unrealistic in Bangladesh, largely because of the de … Bangladesh, however, remains on the whole ignored. Drawing on interviews with trade unionists and representatives of labour NGOs …
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Informal employment in emerging and transition economies
Slonimczyk, Fabián - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
In developing and transition economies as much as half the labor force works in the informal sector. Informal firms congest infrastructure and other public services but do not contribute to financing them. Informal workers are unprotected against such negative shocks as ill-health. Reducing...
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Introducing a statutory minimum wage in middle and low income countries
Margolis, David N. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Motivations for introducing a statutory minimum wage in developing countries include reducing poverty, advancing social justice, and accelerating growth. Attaining these goals depends on the national context and policy choices. Institutional capacity tends to be limited, so institutional...
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Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries
Cho, Yoonyoung - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Can entrepreneurship programs be successful labor market policies for the poor? A large share of workers in developing countries are self-employed in low-paying work or engage in low-return entrepreneurial activities that keep these workers in poverty. Entrepreneurship programs provide business...
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Are apprenticeships beneficial in sub-Saharan Africa?
Teal, Francis - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Apprenticeships are the most common form of non-academic training in sub-Saharan Africa. Most apprenticeships are provided by the private sector, for a fee, and lead to self-employment rather than to wage jobs. Where the effects have been measured, they show that earnings are not higher, on...
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Employment and rebellion in conflicted and fragile states
Gilligan, Michael J. - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
In addition to the heart-breaking human costs, violent civil rebellion is a cause of chronic economic under-development. Employment programs with former combatants and at-risk youth have improved their livelihoods, but not their support for non-violence and respect for law. Rebel groups provide...
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