This article begins with an analysis of small-firm economies in Italy and China and then
compares and contrasts the migrations of Italian peasants and Wenzhou Chinese to Prato, a …

The case studies of urban labor markets report the origins, dynamics, and effects of the
informal economy in Guadalajara, New York City, Montevideo, Bogota, and Miami. A …

The main hypothesis is that the economic role and the supposed social closure of Chinese
migrant groups cannot be analysed separately from socio-economic features of destination …

For every official registered Romanian migrant in Italy there are between one and three
illegal, unregistered migrants. This article examines the informal forms of self-organization …

The notion of slavery traditionally entails extreme exploitation, property rights and individual
ownership. These concepts have been reflected in various legal instruments as well as in …

Informal economy can be understood as an «income generation unregulated by the
institutions of society, in a legal and social environment in which similar activities are …

This article focuses on immigrants and the informal economy in European cities. Social and
economic change in European cities is everywhere characterized by the presence of …

The recession that has recently struck Italy, as well as other foreign countries, has made
Italians aware of some economic aspects and of how these can affect financial system of …