Informal Employment Re-loaded

Johannes Jüttingi ; Jante Parlevliet ; Theodora Xenogiani iOECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: employment;    informal sector;    social protection;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/245657753644

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

This paper provides a fresh look at informal employment, a phenomenon of renewed interest to policy makers and researchers alike. It finds that informal employment is likely to stay, is sometimes a voluntary choice, can offer better working conditions than formal employment and is very heterogeneous and diverse. Reasons for these puzzling facts and trends are discussed by focussing on incentives and constraints determining labour market outcomes. “Reloading” informal employment argues for a re-thinking of the current policy agenda and maps out important further directions for research.