INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT Flashcards
1
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Causes
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Lots of people migrate from rural to urban areas. As they think that quality of life is better there and have job opportunities. Leads to surplus labour, underemployment and unemployment rate high. So people find ways to make a living outside the normal job market
2
Q
Characteritics
A
Selling mathes, shoelaces, ice-cream vending, shoe-shining, rubbish collecting, PARATRANSIT, etc…Mostly within tertiary sector
Paratransit may be cheap, but adds to congestion
