Making Ends Meet: The Role of Informal Work in Supplementing Americans’ Income
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Keywords
informal work; gig work; independent contractors; income adequacy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
- J48 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Particular Labor Markets; Public Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IUE-2021-02-01 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-PKE-2021-02-01 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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