The business women from Trinidad: "hucksters and higglers" -- Maria's mountain -- Gee's floral arranging life -- Gina's party of a lifetime -- Nadine's publishing house -- Fona's community book club -- Business is as business does

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the incidence of visible underemployment in Trinidad and Tobago. Visible underemployment consists of workers who work less than the normal duration of working hours but are willing and available to work more. We find that compared to other groups of...

Using the case study of Trinidad and Tobago we investigate for an emerging economy the socioeconomic, demographic, and attitudinal characteristics that influence the propensity of individuals in the household sector to participate in the hidden economy and their perception of the risk of...