On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector

A range of alternative empirical definitions of informal activity have been employed in the literature. Choice of definition is often dictated by data availability. Different definitions may imply very different conceptual understandings of informality. In this paper the authors investigate the degr...

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Main Authors:	Henley, Andrew, Arabsheibani, G. Reza, Carneiro, Francisco G.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COLLEGE GRADUATES COMPETITIVE PRESSURES CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT DISABILITY DISMISSAL DISMISSALS DISPLACED WORKERS DISPLACEMENT DOMESTIC WORKERS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM SIZE FLEXIBLE HOURS FLEXIBLE HOURS OF WORK FORMAL LABOR MARKET HOURS OF WORK HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT ILLITERACY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR JOB SATISFACTION JOBS LABOR CONTRACT LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR REGULATION LEGAL STATUS LITERATURE MATERNITY LEAVE MINIMUM WAGE OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OCCUPATIONS OVERTIME PAPERS PREVIOUS STUDIES PRINCIPAL ALTERNATIVE PRIVATE SECTOR PROBIT REGRESSIONS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS RESEARCHERS SELFEMPLOYMENT SENIORITY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STAFF TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TURNOVER UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIONIZATION WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKERS WORKING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6634942/defining-measuring-informal-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8342

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On Defining and Measuring the Informal Sector

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