The Home as Factory Floor: Employment and Remuneration of Home-Based Workers

The Home as Factory Floor: Employment and Remuneration of Home-Based Workers

Home-based work, defined as nonprofessionals who perform market work from their homes, is an increasingly recognized form of employment in Latin America. The majority of the research on this segment of the labor force relies on small sample, qualit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cunningham, Wendy, Gomez, Carlos Ramos
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
ADULTS
AGED
AGRICULTURAL LABORERS
ANTHROPOLOGISTS
CATEGORIES OF WORKERS
CHILD LABOR
DISABILITIES
DISCRIMINATION
ECONOMISTS
EMPLOYMENT
ENTREPRENEURS
FAMILIES
FLEXIBLE WORK HOURS
HAZARDS
HOME CARE
ISOLATION
LABOR MARKET
LAWS
LIVING CONDITIONS
MALES
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED WOMEN
MIGRANTS
MOTHERS
MOTIVATION
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
OLDER PEOPLE
OLDER WORKERS
ORGANIZATION OF WORK
PARTNERSHIP
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
PIECE WORK
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
SELF-EMPLOYED
SEX
SOCIOLOGISTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
WORK AT HOME
WORKERS
WORKING POPULATION
WORKING WOMEN
WORKPLACE HOME BASED BUSINESSES
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WAGES
LABOR FORCE
EDUCATION
MALE WAGES
FEMALE LABOR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/4261386/home-factory-floor-employment-remuneration-home-based-workers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14105

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/4261386/home-factory-floor-employment-remuneration-home-based-workers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14105

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