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International Labour Review - Centenary Collection (2021)

Centenary Issue No. 1: Informality

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Date

27 July 2021

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Guest Editor: Ravi KANBUR

Introduction: The long discourse on informality as reflected in selected articles of the International Labour Review, by Ravi KANBUR

Policies for expanding employment in the informal urban sector of developing economies, by John WEEKS (1975)

The urban informal sector: Concept, measurement and policy, by S.V. SETHURAMAN (1976)

The informal urban sector in Latin America, by Paulo R. SOUZA and Victor E. TOKMAN (1976)

Organizing the self-employed: The politics of the urban informal sector, by Bishwapriya SANYAL (1991)

The informal sector: Legalization or laissez-faire?, by Carlos MALDONADO (1995)

Inequality at work in the informal economy: Key issues and illustrations, by Barbara HARRISS-WHITE (2003)

Informal employment: Two contested policy issues, by David KUCERA and Leanne RONCOLATO (2008)

New ILO standards on decent work for domestic workers: A summary of the issues and discussions, by Manuela TOMEI and Patrick BELSER (2011)

Out of the shadows: Classifying economies by the extent and nature of employment in the informal economy, by Colin C. WILLIAMS (2015)

The growth of precarious employment in Europe: Concepts, indicators and the effects of the global economic crisis, by Tomás GUTIÉRREZ-BARBARRUSA (2016)

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