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informal economy: a standalone construct

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Development economics

income-earning activity outside formal wage employment and state regulation.

In development economics, informal economy refers to income-earning activity outside formal wage employment and state regulation. This meaning comes from Hart (1973) in The Journal of Modern African Studies.[1]

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development1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct formalization3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs lighthouse effect1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Hart, K. (1973). Informal Income Opportunities and Urban Employment in Ghana. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 11(1), 61-89. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00008089

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