Challenges of measuring women involvement in informal economy in fragility and adverse conditions
Author
Source
Journal of Statistical Sciences
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-18, 18 p.
Publisher
Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics
Publication Date
2011-12-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Informal sector was internationally defined as a concept of labour force by the 15th ICLS in (ILO, 1993).
Estimates are available for Africa, Asia and some countries of Latin America (Delhi group, 2000).
However, these estimates are still often based on hypotheses originating in incomplete sources and not rounded in informal sector surveys.
Informal sector surveys are almost the only reasonable way to estimate the size and characteristics of informal sector.
Measurement of informal sector has been approached from social and economic perspectives.
The social approach focuses on the characteristics of informal sector as a source for employment, the contribution of the sector to total employment and the work conditions.
The economic approach focuses on the concept of labour force by the 15th ICLS in (ILO, 1993).
Estimates are available for Africa, Asia and some countries of Latin America (Delhi group, 2000).
However, these estimates are still often based on hypotheses originating in incomplete sources and not rounded in informal sector surveys.
Informal sector surveys are almost the only reasonable way to estimate the size and characteristics of informal sector.
Measurement of informal sector has been approached from social and economic perspectives.
The social approach focuses on the characteristics of informal sector as a source for employment, the contribution of the sector to total employment and the work conditions.
The economic approach focuses on the contribution to the GDP.
A number of methods have been used to measure informal employment and informal sector contribution.
The 1-2-3 survey, 1-2 survey and parallel mixed economic and social surveys are the most well known tools.
All these tools are challenged by the changing trend and irregular manner of women involvement in the economy across time and countries with different development stages.
In some countries, there has been an overall increase in the proportion of employment in the informal sector.
The proportion of non-agricultural workers in the informal sector has increased substantially for all types of work status, except for the regular wage/salaried females due to separating out the workers engaged in the employer households.
Many developing countries pass through adverse conditions and fragility.
These conditions have dominant impact on many dimensions of official statistics.
In this paper, we discuss the impact of adverse conditions and fragility on the methodological challenges facing official statistics in the measurement of women involvement in the informal economy.
The analysis shows that adverse conditions has dominant impact on the relevance of the measurement methods, and indicated the need for out of box modalities for measuring women involvement in informal economy in countries passing through fragility and adverse conditions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shabanah, Luayy. 2011. Challenges of measuring women involvement in informal economy in fragility and adverse conditions. Journal of Statistical Sciences،Vol. 2011, no. 4, pp.1-18.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shabanah, Luayy. Challenges of measuring women involvement in informal economy in fragility and adverse conditions. Journal of Statistical Sciences No. 4 (Dec. 2011), pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-720250
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shabanah, Luayy. Challenges of measuring women involvement in informal economy in fragility and adverse conditions. Journal of Statistical Sciences. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 4, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-720250
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 16-18
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BIM-720250