Informality, Job Quality, and Welfare in Sri Lanka (English)

Informal employment remains a salient and persistent feature of the Sri Lanka labor market, with around 70 percent of the work force informally employed. There are generally three reasons to be concerned about high informality: poverty, productivity and public finance. This report focuses on the poverty and vulnerability aspect of informal employment, by showing that informal jobs are more precarious in nature than formal jobs and are associated with...

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Kim,Yeon Soo;

Chiarella,Cristina Andrea;

Paffhausen,Anna Luisa;
Document Date
2020/12/02
Document Type
Report
Report Number
151855
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Sri Lanka,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2020/12/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Informality, Job Quality, and Welfare in Sri Lanka
Keywords
informal employment

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Kim,Yeon Soo; Chiarella,Cristina Andrea; Paffhausen,Anna Luisa.

Informality, Job Quality, and Welfare in Sri Lanka (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/341681597688560604

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