"During the Covid-19 pandemic, the home as a workplace became a widely discussed topic. However, for almost 300 million workers around the world, paid work from home was not news. Home-Based Work and Home-Based Workers (1800-2021) includes contributions from scholars, activists and artists...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Methodology: (Feminist) Ethnography in Crisis -- Chapter 3: Navigating Through Shocks: Mīṉavar of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry -- Chapter 4: Flooding Urbanity: Narratives from Safai Karamcharis of Guwahati, Assam -- Chapter 5: Living Among Waste:...

Working with five Ethiopian firms, we randomized applicants to an industrial job offer, an “entrepreneurship” program of $300 plus business training, or control status. Industrial jobs offered more and steadier hours but low wages and risky conditions. The job offer doubled exposure to...

This paper analyzes the quality of jobs in Colombia in 2009. The results shows progress with the quality of jobs in Colombia, but the level is not enough to secure employment of quality. We also, test endogeneity of education and propose a way to correct endogeneity and obtain consistent and...

Globally, coercive labor (i.e., forced, bonded, and/or trafficked labor) and child labor are disproportionately prevalent in environments with weak regulatory enforcement and state capacity. Effective strategies for addressing them may therefore need to align with the private incentives of...