Title (eng)
Irregular migration and informal work
Description (eng)
Key points
• Public debate often conflates irregular migration with informal work. Varying definitions of
both make it difficult to compare research or draw clear policy conclusions.
• Both irregular migration and informal work are hard to measure. This makes it especially
difficult to accurately assess how they intersect.
• This chapter presents a straightforward, flexible and scalable framework for estimating this
overlap. Using data sources commonly available in many countries, it can generate plausible
ranges for the number of irregular migrants working in the informal economy.
Keywords (eng)
Informal economyirregular migrantslabour marketestimation methodLabour Force Survey
Type (eng)
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[eng]
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Title
Handbook on Irregular Migration Data. Concepts, Methods and Practices.
ISBN
978-3-903470-24-8
Editor
Denis Kierans
Albert Kraler
Publication
University of Krems Press
From page
105
To page
110
Date issued
2025-09-30
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