TY - BOOK ID - 134664011 TI - Informal economy centrestage : new structures of employment AU - Jhabvala, Renana. AU - Sudarshan, Ratna M. AU - Unni, Jeemol. PY - 2003 SN - 128242517X 9786612425172 8132103750 PB - New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, DB - UniCat KW - Income distribution KW - Informal sector (Economics) KW - Labor supply UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134664011 AB - This volume, the result of a creative collaboration between research and action, is aimed at highlighting the contribution of informal workers to the Indian economy. It provides a unique perspective on informal employment in India, from both a macro and a micro perspective. The contributors put forth the argument that while the informal economy already has a place in official statistics, the existing methods of data collection are inadequate to capture the actual size of this sector or to measure its significant contribution to macroeconomic aggregates. They also maintain that there is a need ER -