Women, gender and the informal economy:An assessment of ILO research and suggested ways forward

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Gender, Entrepreneurship, and the Formal–Informal Dilemma: Evidence from Indonesia (2015, background): “Indeed, studies of developing countries highlight the overwhelming presence of women in the informal sector, particularly in trade-based activities and as ownaccount workers in household enterprises (for an overview of the literature, see Chant & Pedwell, 2008).”
Informal Work in Latin America: Competing Perspectives and Recent Debates (2009, result): “For example, as a recent ILO study suggests (Chant and Pedwell 2008), the wage gap between men and women working informally in Mérida is significantly greater than differences found in formal employment (Table 2).”
The urban informal economy, local inclusion and achieving a global green transformation (2016, background): “…are engaged in paid employment than ever before, they tend to be more concentrated than men in lowerquality, lower-paid, irregular and informal employment (Chant, 2013; Chant & Pedwell, 2008; Chen, 2010; Chen, Vanek, & Carr, 2004; Heintz, 2010; Herrera, Ku epi e, Nordman, Oudin, & Roubaud, 2012).”