Nina Torm
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 286652 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Nina Torm |
| NOMBRES | Nina |
| APELLIDO | Torm |
| FIRMA | TORM N |
| AFILIACIONES | Roskilde University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4319-4381 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Hybrid sanitation infrastructure in Tema, Ghana
Population growth, urbanization, insecure land rights, and underinvestment impede the development of sanitation infrastructure in African cities. In response, decentralized, affordable, community-driven hybrid sanitation systems have emerged, frequently initiated by local stakeholders. This study examines such systems in Tema, Ghana, an originally planned city undergoing significant unplanned expansion. Employing mixed methods, including surveys …
Challenging the formality bias
Social protection and formalization in low- and middle-income countries
Social protection is a central component of achieving ‘SDG 8: decent work and economic growth’, yet at a global level a large social protection deficit remains. The majority of those uncovered are found in or dependent on income or profit from the informal economy, which remains the dominant source of employment in many low- and middle-income countries. The relationship between a lack of social protection and high informality in low- and middle-i…
Training Returns Among Informal Workers
Training contributes to economic growth through raising productivity, enabling the use of new technologies and allowing workers to raise earnings through widening their skills base. This paper uses mixed methods to examine individual returns to off-the-job training, on-the-job training and informal training focussing on informal workers in the sectors of construction, micro-trade and transport in urban areas of Kenya and Tanzania. Based on a cros…
Informal Worker Access to Formal Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Based on a combination of detailed survey data and in-depth interviews with informal workers in the construction, micro-trade, and transport sectors in urban areas of Kenya and Tanzania, this article explores the extent to which informal worker associations facilitate member access to formal social insurance schemes. The article provides unique insight into what characterises informal workers, and the circumstances under which associations may en…
Informal workers and Kenya’s National Hospital Insurance Fund
This article investigates the barriers to informal workers’ voluntary participation in Kenya’s national health insurance scheme – the National Hospital Insurance Fund. Based on primary data from both qualitative and quantitative methods, we find that the key determinants of enrolment include social factors, such as marital status, which create demand for insurance, and the role of informal workers’ associations that promote the voluntary uptake o…
Health and Safety Compliance in Tanzania
In Tanzania, poor enforcement of occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations has been associated with weak regulatory systems as well as lack of proper procedures on construction sites. However, the role of health and safety actors including organisational structures as enabling or disabling factors are under researched. This study employed qualitative research approach to discern the role of health and safety actors together with reasons fo…
Can training close the gender wage gap? Evidence from Vietnamese SMEs
Firm-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between the labour force and what the private sector demands. Little is known about how successful such training can be in closing the gender wage gap. We use a matched employer-employee panel dataset to assess why firms train and whether formal training affects wage outcomes in Vietnamese SMEs. Training is generally found to be firm-sponsored and specific i…
Les dépenses de sécurité sociale vont‐elles de pair avec de meilleurs résultats des entreprises? Étude de cas sur les PME indonésiennes
Le lien entre protection sociale et résultats des entreprises est abondamment étudié, mais on manque d'informations sur la situation des petites et moyennes entreprises des économies en développement. L'auteure examine ce lien à partir de données de recensement indonésiennes portant sur la période 2010‐2014. Elle constate que, lorsque les dépenses de sécurité sociale augmentent de 10 pour cent, le chiffre d'affaires par travailleur progresse de 2…
The informal sector wage gap among Vietnamese micro-firms
Based on unique firm survey data from 2009, this paper examines the wage differential between formal and informal manufacturing household enterprises in Vietnam. Using the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition method, we investigate whether the wage gap is attributed mostly to differences in observable characteristics (the endowments) between formal and informal firms, or to variations in the returns to these characteristics (the unexplained component). T…
The Benefits of Formalization
The Benefits of Formalization
The informal sector wage gap among Vietnamese micro-firms
Based on unique firm survey data from 2009, this paper examines the wage differential between formal and informal manufacturing household enterprises in Vietnam. Using the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition method, we investigate whether the wage gap is attributed mostly to differences in observable characteristics (the endowments) between formal and informal firms, or to variations in the returns to these characteristics (the unexplained component). T…
The Benefits of Formalization
The informal sector wage gap among Vietnamese micro-firms
Based on unique firm survey data from 2009, this paper examines the wage differential between formal and informal manufacturing household enterprises in Vietnam. Using the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition method, we investigate whether the wage gap is attributed mostly to differences in observable characteristics (the endowments) between formal and informal firms, or to variations in the returns to these characteristics (the unexplained component). T…
Les dépenses de sécurité sociale vont‐elles de pair avec de meilleurs résultats des entreprises? Étude de cas sur les PME indonésiennes
Le lien entre protection sociale et résultats des entreprises est abondamment étudié, mais on manque d'informations sur la situation des petites et moyennes entreprises des économies en développement. L'auteure examine ce lien à partir de données de recensement indonésiennes portant sur la période 2010‐2014. Elle constate que, lorsque les dépenses de sécurité sociale augmentent de 10 pour cent, le chiffre d'affaires par travailleur progresse de 2…
Can training close the gender wage gap? Evidence from Vietnamese SMEs
Firm-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between the labour force and what the private sector demands. Little is known about how successful such training can be in closing the gender wage gap. We use a matched employer-employee panel dataset to assess why firms train and whether formal training affects wage outcomes in Vietnamese SMEs. Training is generally found to be firm-sponsored and specific i…
Informal Worker Access to Formal Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Based on a combination of detailed survey data and in-depth interviews with informal workers in the construction, micro-trade, and transport sectors in urban areas of Kenya and Tanzania, this article explores the extent to which informal worker associations facilitate member access to formal social insurance schemes. The article provides unique insight into what characterises informal workers, and the circumstances under which associations may en…
Informal workers and Kenya’s National Hospital Insurance Fund
This article investigates the barriers to informal workers’ voluntary participation in Kenya’s national health insurance scheme – the National Hospital Insurance Fund. Based on primary data from both qualitative and quantitative methods, we find that the key determinants of enrolment include social factors, such as marital status, which create demand for insurance, and the role of informal workers’ associations that promote the voluntary uptake o…
Health and Safety Compliance in Tanzania
In Tanzania, poor enforcement of occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations has been associated with weak regulatory systems as well as lack of proper procedures on construction sites. However, the role of health and safety actors including organisational structures as enabling or disabling factors are under researched. This study employed qualitative research approach to discern the role of health and safety actors together with reasons fo…
Challenging the formality bias
Social protection and formalization in low- and middle-income countries
Social protection is a central component of achieving ‘SDG 8: decent work and economic growth’, yet at a global level a large social protection deficit remains. The majority of those uncovered are found in or dependent on income or profit from the informal economy, which remains the dominant source of employment in many low- and middle-income countries. The relationship between a lack of social protection and high informality in low- and middle-i…
Training Returns Among Informal Workers
Training contributes to economic growth through raising productivity, enabling the use of new technologies and allowing workers to raise earnings through widening their skills base. This paper uses mixed methods to examine individual returns to off-the-job training, on-the-job training and informal training focussing on informal workers in the sectors of construction, micro-trade and transport in urban areas of Kenya and Tanzania. Based on a cros…
Hybrid sanitation infrastructure in Tema, Ghana
Population growth, urbanization, insecure land rights, and underinvestment impede the development of sanitation infrastructure in African cities. In response, decentralized, affordable, community-driven hybrid sanitation systems have emerged, frequently initiated by local stakeholders. This study examines such systems in Tema, Ghana, an originally planned city undergoing significant unplanned expansion. Employing mixed methods, including surveys …
Economics (8 obras) · Business (6 obras) · Employment and Welfare Studies (6 obras) · Taxation and Compliance Studies (6 obras) · Economic growth (4 obras) · Tanzania (4 obras) · Geography (3 obras) · Labour economics (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Socioeconomics (3 obras)