Informal Employment in Advanced Economies

<p><em>Re-Placing Informal Employment</em> challenges many of the popular myths surrounding informal economic activities, and offers a radical reassesment of their extent, growth, location and nature.<br> The book uses case studies from the UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the US and Canada to challenge:<br> * the popular belief that informal employment is growing throughout the advanced economies<br> * the myth that this work is undertaken mostly by marginalized groups<br> * the dominant view that we should replace informal with formal employment through enforcement of regulations.<br> Examining policy options and their consequences, the authors show that conventional approaches only increase inequalities and that a radical alternative solution is essential.</p> Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Examining Informal Employment; Chapter 2 Methods of Researching Informal Employment; Chapter 3 Theorising Informal Employment; Part 2 Socio-Spatial Divisions in Informal Employment; Chapter 4 Employment Status and Informal Employment; Chapter 5 Gender and Informal Employment; Chapter 6 Ethnicity, Immigration and Informal Employment; Chapter 7 Spatial Divisions in Informal Employment; Chapter 8 Informal Employment in Developing Nations; Part 3 What is to be Done About Informal Employment?; Chapter 9 Regulating Informal Employment; Chapter 10 Deregulating Formal Employment; Chapter 11 Informal Employment and the New Economics; Chapter 12 Conclusions: Re-Placing Informal Employment in the Advanced Economies;