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UNINA9910784022303321 |
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Titolo |
Informal employment in advanced economies [[electronic resource] /] / guest editor: Colin C. Williams |
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Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-70559-0 |
9786610705597 |
1-84663-155-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (93 p.) |
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Collana |
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International Journal of Manpower, an interdisciplinary journal on human resources, management and labour economics ; ; 27, no. 6 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Labor economics |
Personnel management |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Estimating the size of the Cypriot underground economy; Harnessing the hidden enterprise culture of advanced economies; Tackling informal employment: the case of southern Italy; Precarious migrant knowledge workers: new entrepreneurial identities in Naples, Italy; Enterprising futures or dead-end jobs? Women, self employment and social exclusion; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Informal employment can be defined as 'the paid production and sale of goods and services that are unregistered by, or hidden from, the state for tax, social security and/or labour law purposes but which are legal in all other respects' (Williams and Windebank, 1998: 4). It is now recognised that informal employment is growing in importance as economies develop. This recognition that informal employment is far from some vestige of a pre-capitalist past that is peripheral and dwindling, but is a strong and growing part of advanced economies, has resulted in recent years in a growing interest in |
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