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Informalities: An Index Approach to Informal Work and Its Consequences

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Alisha C. Holland Open the ORCID record for Alisha C. Holland [Opens in a new window]  and
Calla Hummel Open the ORCID record for Calla Hummel [Opens in a new window]
Alisha C. Holland
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Alisha Holland is an associate professor of government at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. aholland@fas.harvard.edu.
Calla Hummel
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Calla Hummel is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA. chummel@miami.edu.
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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 64 , Special Issue 2: The Politics of Informal Work , May 2022 , pp. 1 - 20
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