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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...

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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:
  • The job ladder / Gary S. Fields, T.H. Gindling, Kunal Sen, Michael Danquah, and Simone Schotte
  • Informality and work status / Gary S. Fields
  • Transforming informal work and livelihoods in China / Carl Lin, Linxiang Ye, and Wei Zhang
  • Moving up or down the job ladder in India : examining informality-formality transitions / Rajesh Raj Natarajan, Simone Schotte, and Kunal Sen
  • Progress and stagnation in the livelihood of informal workers in an emerging economy : long-term evidence from Indonesia / Mayang Rizky, Daniel Suryadarma, and Asep Suryahadi
  • Transforming informal work and livelihoods in Costa Rica and Nicaragua / Enrique Alaniz, T.H. Gindling, Catherine Mata, and Diego Rojas
  • Informality, labour transitions, and the livelihoods of workers in Latin America / Roxana Maurizio and Ana Paula Monsalvo
  • Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua / Enrique Alaniz, Alma Espino, and T.H. Gindling
  • Informal work in urban Mexico : characteristics, dynamics, and workers' preferences / Robert Duval-Hernández
  • Dynamics of off-farm self-employment in the West African Sahel / Sènakpon Fidèle Ange Dedehouanou and Didier Yélognissè Alia
  • Informal-formal workers' transition in Nigeria : a livelihood analysis / Abiodun O. Folawewo and Olusegun A. Orija
  • Informal-formal transitions in work status in sub-Saharan Africa : a comparative perspective / Michael Danquah, Simone Schotte, and Kunal Sen
  • The evolution of vulnerable employment in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia / Shireen AlAzzawi and Vladimir Hlasny
  • How to transform informal work and livelihoods? : lessons learnt and policy options / Gary S. Fields, T.H. Gindling, Kunal Sen, Michael Danquah, and Simone Schotte
  • Appendix A. Work status definition and operationalization
  • Appendix B. Job ladder
  • Appendix C. Work status dynamics.