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Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection

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This Working Paper responds to current debates on the future of social protection as employment relationships become increasingly non-existent, blurred or hidden. Drawing on WIEGO’s work, the paper argues that a large and growing informal economy should not be used to justify a complete delinking of employment and social protection. The paper defends key elements of productivist and worker-oriented ideas in relation to social protection for informal workers.

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Alfers, Laura, Lund, Francie, and Moussié, Rachel . Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection. WIEGO Working Paper No. 37, , . WIEGO, 2018. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Alfers_Informal_Workers_Social_Protection_WIEGO_WP37.pdfAlfers, L., Lund, F., and Moussié, R. . (2018). Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection. WIEGO Working Paper No. 37, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Alfers_Informal_Workers_Social_Protection_WIEGO_WP37.pdfAlfers, Laura, Lund, Francie, and Moussié, Rachel . "Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection." WIEGO Working Paper No. 37, WIEGO, 2018, .Alfers Laura, Lund Francie, and Moussié Rachel . "Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection." WIEGO Working Paper No. 37 (2018). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Alfers_Informal_Workers_Social_Protection_WIEGO_WP37.pdfAlfers, L, Lund, F, and Moussié, R 2018, 'Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection', WIEGO Working Paper No. 37, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Alfers_Informal_Workers_Social_Protection_WIEGO_WP37.pdfLaura Alfers, Francie Lund, and Rachel Moussié, 'Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection' (2018) WIEGO Working Paper No. 37 Alfers L., Lund F., and Moussié R. . Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection. WIEGO Working Paper No. 37. 2018. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Alfers_Informal_Workers_Social_Protection_WIEGO_WP37.pdfAlfers, Laura, Lund, Francie, and Moussié, Rachel . Informal Workers & The Future of Work: A Defence of Work-Related Social Protection. WIEGO Working Paper No. 37. 2018. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Alfers_Informal_Workers_Social_Protection_WIEGO_WP37.pdf

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