| Informal Employment in Advanced Economies: Implications for Work and Welfare Contributor(s): Williams, Colin C. (Author), Windebank, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415169607 ISBN-13: 9780415169608 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: "Informal Employment in Advanced Economies" challenges many of the popular myths surrounding informal economic activities. This book tackles the popular belief that informal employment is growing throughout the advanced economies; it challenges the myth that this work is undertaken mostly by marginalized groups such as the unemployed, poor and immigrants; it evaluates the dominant view that we should replace informal with formal employment through enforcement of stringent laws and regulations. Examining policy options and their consequences, the authors show that conventional regulatory and deregulatory approaches merely exacerbate inequalities and a radical alternative solution, grounded in a "new economics" vision of the future of work and welfare is essential. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 362.58 |
| LCCN: 97-50399 |
| Lexile Measure: 1620 |
| Series: Management |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.08" W x 9.28" (0.81 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Re-Placing Informal Employment challenges many of the popular myths surrounding informal economic activities, and offers a radical reassesment of their extent, growth, location and nature. The book uses case studies from the UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the US and Canada to challenge: * the popular belief that informal employment is growing throughout the advanced economies * the myth that this work is undertaken mostly by marginalized groups * the dominant view that we should replace informal with formal employment through enforcement of regulations. Examining policy options and their consequences, the authors show that conventional approaches only increase inequalities and that a radical alternative solution is essential. |