Breaking Vicious Circles of Informal Employment and Low Paying Work

This guide from the OECD can help you to understand the links been informal employment and low wages. It highlights key disparities and concerns that leave workers increasingly vulnerable, such as the scarcity of opportunities to transition between formal and informal employment and the scarcity of opportunities to upgrade their skills and transition to formal jobs. While focused on policy solutions, this guide offers an important overview of the issue and helps set the stage for understanding the implications of informal and precarious work.