Formal and Informal Work: The Hidden Work Regime in Europe

Informal work - family care, voluntary work, and undeclared or unregulated work - is a citical forms of labor in today's economy, yet remains underanalyzed and examined. This volume develops a comprehensive conceptual framework of informal work and analyses systematically the relationship of formal and informal work. Using a coherent theoretical and methodological approach, this volume analyses informal and formal work in six countries and contributes to our empirical knowledge of informal work and its different interrelations with formal work in various societies. A landmark study in the analysis of work, the volume demonstrates how the relationship of formal and informal work is developing, how this can be explained in the specific context of the arrangement of work and welfare, and in which ways informal work possibly contributes to social integration and social cohesion.Pfau-Effinger, Birgit is the author of 'Formal and Informal Work: The Hidden Work Regime in Europe', published 2009 under ISBN 9780415964692 and ISBN 0415964695.