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The job ladder : transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries /

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Using a range of countries from the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology. The country studies use panel data to study the dynamics of worker transitions between formal and heterogeneous, informal work....

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Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Other Authors: Fields, Gary S. (Editor), Gindling, T. H. (Editor), Sen, Kunal, 1961- (Editor), Danquah, Michael (Editor), Schotte, Simone (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Series:Studies in development economics.
Subjects:
Informal sector (Economics) > Developing countries.
Employees > Developing countries.
Career changes > Developing countries.
Career changes
Employees
Informal sector (Economics)
Developing countries
Economics.
Industry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Seriespage
  • Titlepage
  • Copyright
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Notes on contributors
  • PART I INTRODUCTION
  • 1 The job ladder
  • 2 Informality and work status
  • PART II ASIA
  • 3 Transforming informal work and livelihoods in China
  • 4 Moving up or down the job ladder in India: Examining informality-formality transitions
  • 5 Progress and stagnation in the livelihood of informal workers in an emerging economy: Long-term evidence from Indonesia
  • PART III LATIN AMERICA
  • 6 Transforming informal work and livelihoods in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
  • 7 Informality, labour transitions, and the livelihoods of workers in Latin America
  • 8 Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua
  • 9 Informal work in urban Mexico: Characteristics, dynamics, and workers' preferences
  • PART IV SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
  • 10 The dynamics of off-farm self-employment in the West African Sahel
  • 11 Informal-formal workers' transition in Nigeria: A livelihood analysis
  • 12 Informal-formal transitions in work status in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative perspective
  • PART V NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
  • 13 The evolution of vulnerable employment in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia
  • PART VI LESSONS LEARNT
  • 14 How to transform informal work and livelihoods?: Lessons learnt and policy options
  • Appendix A: Work status definition and operationalization
  • Appendix B: The job ladder
  • Appendix C: Work status dynamics
  • Index