A floor to exploitation? Social economy organizations at the edge of a restructuring economy

Bibliographic Data

ID2374087
AuthorsM Anne Visser (0000-0001-5047-7702, University of California, Davis, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume31
Issue5
Pages782-799
Publication date2017-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017016638020
OpenAlexW2344318241
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited46

Despite research documenting social economy organizations (SEOs) as important labour market intermediaries in the informal economy, the impact of these organizations on employment outcomes experienced by workers engaged in these labour markets is relatively unknown. This article analyses the impact of day labour worker centres on employment outcomes experienced in the informal day labour economy of the United States. Using data from the National Day Labour Survey, findings indicate that these organizations improve working conditions for day labourers and suggest the potential for SEOs to regulate employment processes within the informal economy. However increasing the regulatory capacity of SEOs will require addressing larger political and socioeconomic contexts in which the informal economy is embedded

Business · Economic restructuring · Economics · Economy · Informal sector · Intermediary · Labour economics · Market economy · Population · Restructuring · Social economy · Socioeconomic status · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Taxation and Compliance Studies · Finance

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