Statistics

Informality in South Asia: A Review

This paper seeks to explore the diversity of the informal economy across five countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan,...

Non-regular Employment and Gaps in Statistics in Japan

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Towards the Creation of Comparable Databases on the Informal Economy

Background document for the WIEGO Statistics Planning Meeting, June 2002

La Medición del Sector Informal en Argentina

Un taller sobre Estadísticas del Sector Informal en América Latina para obtener y definir las causas de la problemática, tanto en términos...

Les Travailleurs Domestiques dans le Monde: Statistiques Régionales et Mondiales et Étendue de la Protection Juridique

Cette publication met en lumière l’ampleur du travail domestique, un secteur souvent «invisible» derrière les portes de ménages privés...

Note on Concepts and Techniques for Estimating the Contribution of Women Working in the Informal Sector

Presented at the Delhi Group Meeting on Informal Sector Statistics, Ankara, April 28-30, 1998

Informality, Returns to Education and Labour Market Integration in China-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

This study analyses data from household surveys in six large Chinese cities in 2010 to describe the nature of informal employment and estimate...

Contingent Workforce: Size, Characteristics, Earnings and Benefits

Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Brief

This publication is a brief version of the 3rd edition of Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture (ILO 2018). 

Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty

Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici