The Size and Characteristics of Informal (“Gig”) Work in Canada
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Labour markets; Recent economic and financial developments;JEL classification:
- E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IUE-2019-03-11 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-MAC-2019-03-11 (Macroeconomics)
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