Developing Economies and the Informal Sector in Historical Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9774953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Gerry (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 493 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 100-119 |
| Publication date | 1987-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716287493001008 |
| OpenAlex | W2101174736 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 7 |
In the 1970s, social scientists used the term “informal economy” to describe the economic survival strategies of many of the working poor in Third World cities. Now, both terminology and analysis are applied in the advanced, industrialized countries to the often proliferating variations in nonwage employment that have emerged during the world recession of the late 1970s and 1980s. In this article, social science's understanding of the relationship between the informal economy and socioeconomic development is traced back to the early nineteenth century. It is argued that this interest has tended to wax and wane according to the cycle of boom and slump in national and international economy alike. It is in this broader historical context that the policies and reality of small-scale informal economic activity in the Third World can best be elucidated
Boom · Context (archaeology · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Informal sector · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Recession · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Terminology · World economy · Taxation and Compliance Studies
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Poverty's Numbing Effect on Collective Action
The Diffusion of Ideas in Development Theory and Policy
Producing entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka's post-tsunami economy
Conceptualizing Livelihood Strategies in African Cities
Economic environments and differentiation
The Underdevelopment of the Informal Sector
Peripheral accumulation in the world economy
China's Political Economy and Political Science
Crisis, Informalization and the Urban Informal Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
Formalising urban informality
Formal aid in an informal sector
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.53 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2027 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |