Informal work in rural America: Theory and evidence

Tim Slack; Leif Jensen

doi:10.4324/9780203874455-21

Informal work in rural America: Theory and evidence

Tim Slack
, Leif Jensen

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Abstract

Social scientists have traditionally maintained that as capitalist economies develop, reliance on informal economic activities undergo concomitant decline. In this view, as the process of modernization advances, markets for labor, goods, and services in industrial and postindustrial economies increasingly occur within the legal and regulatory confines of the “formal economy.” Meanwhile, those markets outside the auspices of state control, the “informal economy, " are assumed to become increasingly marginal and to disappear with continued economic development.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Informal Work in Developed Nations
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	177-191
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781135219963
ISBN (Print)	9780415777797
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203874455-21
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
General Business, Management and Accounting
General Social Sciences

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