The job ladder : transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries / edited by Gary S. Fields [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fields, Gary S., editor.

Series:

WIDER Studies in Development Economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Informal sector (Economics)--Developing countries.

Informal sector (Economics).

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology. It contains countries studies that use panel data to present a comparative perspective on worker transitions between formal and informal work across developing countries across the Global South.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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Other Format:

Print version: Fields, Gary S. The Job Ladder

ISBN:

0-19-269289-5

0-19-269290-9

9780191959387

OCLC:

1373345289