Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment

Marty Chen

No RP2005-10, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship of the informal economy to the formal economy and to the formal regulatory environment. It begins with a comparison of the earlier concept of the 'informal sector' with the new expanded concept of the 'informal economy' which includes microentrepreneurs, own account operators, informal wage workers, and industrial outworkers.

Keywords: Informal sector; Labour law; Organizational behavior; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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