Precarious work: an international problem created by

By:

Marín, Enrique [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: International journal of labour research ; Volume 5, number 1Geneva: International labour office, 2013Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISSN:

20769806

Subject(s):

Non-standard employment -- World

LOC classification:

HD6350.A1 INT

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Abstract: Huge numbers of under-resourced people head out into the streets every day to sell something or other, or to carry out all sorts of tasks for very little pay, as a way of surviving in a situation of widespread unemployment and few productive job openings. Another reason which explains why many people stay in the informal sector is that they have bad memories of poorly paid, monotonous jobs in firms that offered no career prospects. At least informal work provides them with a sense of feeling of freedom, despite the risks. In that sense, the informal sector is the result of both the lack of productive employment and the failure on the part of entreprises to offer respectable, attractive jobs.

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Journal Article	Main Library - Special Collections	HD6350.A.1 INT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Vol. 5, no. 1 (pages 153-168)	SP27254	Not for loan	For In house Use

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Huge numbers of under-resourced people head out into the streets every day to sell something or other, or to carry out all sorts of tasks for very little pay, as a way of surviving in a situation of widespread unemployment and few productive job openings. Another reason which explains why many people stay in the informal sector is that they have bad memories of poorly paid, monotonous jobs in firms that offered no career prospects. At least informal work provides them with a sense of feeling of freedom, despite the risks. In that sense, the informal sector is the result of both the lack of productive employment and the failure on the part of entreprises to offer respectable, attractive jobs.

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