Labour market mechanisms and urban poverty: a review of ten studies
Gerry Rodgers
Discussion papers (International Institute for Labour Studies), DP/7/1987, ILO
1987
Abstract
labour market poverty urban area low income household sociological aspect informal economy employment opportunity discrimination unemployment labour supply economic recession statistical table developing countries
Based on ten case studies, discusses theoretical and conceptual issues which arise in the analysis of urban labour processes and their relationship with poverty.