Informal work - family care, voluntary work, and undeclared or unregulated work - is a critical form of labor in today's economy, yet it remains underanalyzed and examined. This volume develops a comprehensive conceptual framework of informal work and analyses systematically the relationship of formal and informal work.
Birgit Pfau-Effinger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hamburg.
Lluis Flaquer is Professor of Sociology at Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
Per H. Jensen is Professor of Sociology at Aalborg University.