Job Ladder

Job Ladder

Transforming Informal Work and Livelihoods in Developing Countries

Danquah, Michael; Sen, Kunal; Gindling, T. H.; Schotte, Simone; Fields, Gary S.

Oxford University Press

03/2023

352

Dura

Inglês

9780192867339

15 a 20 dias

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List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Notes on contributors
I. Introduction
1: Gary S. Fields, Tim Gindling, Kunal Sen, Michael Danquah, and Simone Schotte: The job ladder
2: Gary S. Fields: Informality and work status
II. Asia
3: Carl Lin, Linxiang Ye, and Wei Zhang: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in China
4: Rajesh Raj Natarajan, Simone Schotte, and Kunal Sen: Moving up or down the job ladder in India: Examining informality-formality transitions
5: Mayang Rizky, Daniel Suryadarma, and Asep Suryahadi: Progress and stagnation in the livelihood of informal workers in an emerging economy
III. Latin America
6: Enrique Alaniz, T.H. Gindling, Catherine Mata, and Diego Rojas: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
7: Roxana Maurizio and Ana Paula Monsalvo: Informality, labour transitions, and the livelihoods of workers in Latin America
8: Enrique Alaniz, Alma Espino, and T.H. Gindling: Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua
9: Robert Duval-Hernandez: Informal work in urban Mexico: characteristics, dynamics, and workers' preferences
IV. Sub-Saharan Africa
10: Senakpon Fidele A. Dedehouanou, and Didier Y. Alia: Dynamics of off-farm self-employment in the West African Sahel
11: Abiodun O. Folawewo and Olusegun A. Orija: Informal-formal workers' transition in Nigeria: A livelihood analysis
12: Michael Danquah, Simone Schotte, and Kunal Sen: Informal-formal transitions in work status in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative perspective
V. North Africa and the Middle East
13: Shireen AlAzzawi and Vladimir Hlasny: Evolution of vulnerable employment in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia
VI. Lessons Learnt
14: Gary S. Fields, T.H. Gindling, Kunal Sen, Michael Danquah, and Simone Schotte: How to transform informal work and livelihoods? Lessons learnt and policy options
Appendix A: Work status definition and operationalization
Appendix B: Job ladder
Appendix C: Work status dynamics
Index
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