Explaining participation in the informal economy: An institutional incongruence perspective

Immigration policy and the U.S. economy: an institutional perspective.

The author examines some aspects of the current situation concerning immigration to the United States. He predicts that the 1990s will witness the largest flow of immigrants into the population and labor force of any decade in the country's history; furthermore, since there is no universally accepted right to immigrate, the adoption of migration policy is one area of economic policymaking that ...

The influence of institutional discourses on the work of informal carers: an institutional ethnography from the perspective of informal carers

BACKGROUND The growing numbers of seniors worldwide and the need for support and services that follow from a higher standard of living have led to an increased focus on scarce benefits and limited human resources. At the same time, many western countries have had to make welfare cuts to balance budgets. This has brought the contributions of informal carers to the fore. Thus far, the focus has g...

Explaining Web Technology Diffusion: An Institutional Theory Perspective

Small-Business Participation in the Informal Sector of an Emerging Economy By Sandra Sookram

An institutional approach and input–output analysis for explaining the transformation of the Turkish economy