title: Does Informal Employment Exist in the United States and Other Developed Countries?
abstract: This editorial argues that informal employment does exist in developed countries and needs to be studied as such to complement the existing literature mostly published on informal work in developing countries.
authors.affiliation: College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA carlos.siqueira@umb.edu.
authors.forename: Carlos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Siqueira
mesh_terms: D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D000070100:Informal Sector; D012106:Research; D014481:United States
keywords: developed countries; informal employment