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ILO Compendium of Official Statistics on Employment in the Informal Sector

Global Employment Trends 2014: Risk of a jobless recovery?

The study offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment,...

The Indian labour market: A gender perspective

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of trends in labour market outcomes of women in India based on unit level data sets of employment...

Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture, 1st Edition

WIEGO compiled and analyzed available national data on informal employment for this ILO publication, which became  the pre-eminent source...

Measuring the Non-observed Economy: A Handbook

Decent Work and the Informal Economy

General Discussion Paper, International Labour Conference, 90th session, (10 January 2002)

Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns

Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...

Informalisation of Employment in Germany? Current Labour Market Trends and Measurement Problems

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

Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Elements of a Conceptual Framework

Prepared for ILO-Latin America/WIEGO Latin America Regional Workshop on Statistics on the Informal Economy, Santiago, Chile

Statistical Definition of the Informal Sector – International Standards and National Practices