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Household Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why They Matter for Growth, Jobs, and Livelihoods Read More
Problems with Temporary and Subcontracted Work in CaliforniaThe nature of employment is changing. Employees are increasingly seen as liabilities rather than assets, and so workers are kept at arm’s... Read More
The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and PoliciesThe paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal... Read More
The Low-Wage Recovery and Growing InequalityNELP Summary: This report updates NELP’s previous analyses of job loss and job growth trends during and after the Great Recession. More information... Read More
Working in Large Food Retailers in France and the USA: The Key Role of InstitutionsWork Employment & SocietyAbstract: Despite numerous similarities between the food retail sectors of France and the USA, there are significant contrasts in the jobs,... Read More
“We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban ForumAbstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing... Read More
Trade and Employment in Services: The Case of IndonesiaThis study examines the importance of the services sector and its linkages with other sectors in terms of value-added and employment from... Read More
“God First, Second the Market”: A Case Study of the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund of LiberiaThis Case Study presents some of the first steps being taken in Liberia, to find solutions to the problems women traders face which normally... Read More
Challenging the Legal Boundaries of Work RegulationAbstract: Focusing on paid work that blurs traditional legal boundaries and the challenge this poses to traditional forms of labour regulation,... Read More
Claiming Urban Space: Street Vending in AhmedabadWorking Paper 2: Law, Rights and Regulation in the Informal EconomyESRC-DFID Research Project Read More
