Causes of Informal Employment
- Informal employment is any employment which is unregulated and unofficial
- It is estimated that more than 60% of the world's employed population work in informal employment
- As much as 93% of informal employment is in developing and emerging countries
- Most informal employment is work in the tertiary sector
- Examples of jobs in the informal economy include:
- Shoe shining
- Rubbish collecting
- Selling fruit or other products on the street
- Para-transit - including rickshaws and tuk tuks
- There are a number of causes of informal employment
Causes of Informal Employment