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EPISTEMIC REFLECTIONS ON THE “INFORMAL ECONOMY”
Alfonso MoralesIt is fascinating to think about the growth of the literature on the informal economy since Hart and Ferman and Ferman first considered the problem in very different contexts in…
INFORMAL WORK IN THE U.S.: CASE STUDIES AND A WORKING TYPOLOGY
Robert AponteInformal economic activities appear to constitute a growing component of all economic transactions in the US and some other industrialized nations, despite the traditional view…
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & EXPLOITATION: MEASURING INDEPENDENCE AND DEPENDENCE IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY
John C. CrossOne of the most important debates within the literature on the Urban Informal Economy (UIE) focuses on whether self‐employed individuals operating informally are “entrepreneurs”…
BUT ARE THEY EXPLOITED?: INDUSTRIAL HOME WORKERS IN THE 1990 NEW JERSEY CENSUS
Sue RoviAt issue in the debate over home employment is whether paid work performed in the home exploits workers or enables them to decide when and where to do their work. Converting the…
GIVE AND TAKE AMONG THE RURAL POOR
Douglas HarperIn the past, social exchange based on reciprocity has been important to the ways in which people in rural areas have made their living. Our study shows that contemporary…
AFFLUENT PLAYERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY: EMPLOYERS OF PAID DOMESTIC WORKERS
Pierrette Hondagneu‐SoteloThis article uses the case of paid domestic work in Los Angeles to argue that affluent and middle‐class members of U.S. society constitute important participants in the informal…
AMERICAN UNTOUCHABLES: HOMELESS SCAVENGERS IN SAN FRANCISCO'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY
Teresa GowanAn early morning at Bryant Salvage, a Vietnamese recycling business, finds a variety of San Francisco's scavengers converging to sell their findings. Vehicle after vehicle enters…
UNCERTAINTY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF STREET VENDING BUSINESSES
Alfonso MoralesThis paper reports preliminary findings about how households organize street vending businesses in response to varying sources and degrees of uncertainty. The thesis is that…
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