Measuring the informal economy: from employment in the formal sector to informal employment

Ralf. Hussmanns

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Refers to discussions at the 2002 International Labour Conference and the 2003 and earlier International Conferences of Labour Statisticians, where the need for a proper definition and measurement chriteria of employment in the informal sector and of informal employment was pointed out.

Keywords: informal economy; employment; statistical method; data collecting; definition; labour force; économie informelle; emploi; méthode statistique; collecte des données; définition; main-d'oeuvre; economía informal; empleo; método estadístico; recopilación de datos; definición; mano de obra (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2004
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