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Women and Men in the Informal Economy : a Statistical Picture.

This publication provides, for the first time, direct measures of informal employment inside and outside informal enterprises for 47 countries. It also presents statistics on the composition and contribution of the informal economy as well as on specific groups of urban informal workers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Labour Office
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : International Labour Office, 2014.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Abbreviations and acronyms; Main findings; Chapter 1. Measuring the informal economy:Taking up the challenge; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What is new in this publication?; 1.3 Basic statistical concepts of informality; 1.4 New developments in statistics on the informal economy; 1.5 Overview of this report; Chapter 2. Statistics relating to the informal economy; 2.1 Country data on employment in the informal economy.
  • Figure 2.1 Components of employment in the informal economy as percentage of non-agricultural employment(latest year available)Table 2.1: Employment in the informal economy and its components as percentage of non-agricultural employment (latest year available); Figure 2.2 Informal employment as percentage of total non-agricultural employment, by sex(latest year available); Figure 2.3 Informal sector employment as percentage of total non-agricultural employment, by sex(latest year available).
  • Figure 2.4 Informal employment outside the informal sector as percentage of total non-agricultural employment, by sex (latest year availableTable 2.2 Components of employment in the informal economy as percentage of total non-agricultural employment, by sex (latest year available); Table 2.3: Employment in the informal economy and its components, selected countries, as percentage of non-agricultural employment; 2.2 Economic contribution of the informal sector and informal employment.
  • Table 2.4 Contribution of informal sector (excluding agriculture) to non-agricultural GVA in selected developing and transition economies (in percentage)Chapter 3. Statistics on Developed Countries; 3.1 Non-standard employment in developed countries; Box 3.1 Atypical employment and the quality of employment in Germany; Box 3.2 Non-standard employment in Spain; Table 3.1: Share of temporary employment in dependent employment (wage and salary) in selected OECD countries, 1990, 2000, 2008 and 2011.
  • Table 3.2 Part-time employment as share of total employment in selected OECD countries,1990, 2000, 2008 and 2011Table 3.3: Own-account self-employment as a share of total employment in selected OECD Countries,1990, 2000, 2008 (per cent); Chapter 4. Specific Groups of Urban Informal Workers; Box 4.1 Recent initiatives to improve estimates of domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and waste pickers; Box 4.2 Cities and countries with data on four urban informal groups, as compiled by WIEGO; 4.1 Domestic Workers.