Surviving on the street: the ambulatory street traders of santiago

Contreras V. and Thomas J.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Study reveals that the majority of ambulatory street vendors in Santiago are heads of household, i.e. the main wage-earners, and have been working as street vendors for a long time. A significant number of women enter this activity when their male partners lose their jobs in the formal sector. Others are forced into the labour market by the death or ill-health of a husband or being deserted by the former breadwinner.

Keywords: street vendor; working conditions; employment experience; income distribution; urban area; survey.; demographic aspect; educational level; capital formation.; statistical table; vendeur ambulant; conditions de travail; expérience d'emploi; répartition du revenu; zone urbaine; vendedor ambulante; condiciones de trabajo; experiencia laboral; distribución del ingreso; zona urbana; enquête; aspect démographique; niveau d'enseignement; formation de capital; tableau statistique; encuesta; aspecto demográfico; nivel educativo; formación del capital; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 P. pages
Date: 1993
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