Опубликована: Янв. 29, 2024
Recent years have seen an increasing availability and usage of measurements informal sectors as the basis scholarship policy advice on causes consequences informality. This has created impression a consensus around clearly conceptualised operationalised object study – that when we talk about sector, know what are talking about. paper argues this is largely mirage. It suggests underneath increasingly accepted measurements, actively masked by them, there remains fundamental conceptual confusion continuing diversity in understandings sector is. What should be questions definition been moved ‘downstream’ into specifications statistical models resulting lack transparency emergence feedback loops between common conceptions methodological assumptions. led large part current literature to generate potentially misleading insights substantial development discussions taxation, registration, social protection. reviews these issues both best practices revised definitions order address them.
Язык: Английский