This report by the Social Justice Center (formerly known as EMC) aims to study the specifics of formal and informal employment in Georgia from the prism of the analytical framework of labor market segmentation.
The paper is based on the assumption that the labor market is historically segmented in Georgia (this means since Georgia’s independence), and informal labor remains a shelter for those driven out of formal employment, for whom unemployment is not an alternative. The document further analyzes the impact of economic crises on the informal employment sector and how people affected by exogenous crises react to the shrinking possibility of getting employed in a formal sector.
The report examines secondary sources, such as statistical data, reports by research organizations, international findings, and other relevant literature. It also relies on some primary data – up to 15 face-to-face interviews with workers engaged in informal employment. The interviews were planned and conducted in June-July 2020 using semi-structured questionnaires. The main theme of the interviews was to study the impact of the pandemic crisis on the labor conditions of the workers and their expectations.
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This publication was prepared individually by a member organization of the Fair Labor Platform and does not necessarily reflect the position of the Fair Labor Platform and/or its other members.
