Define the formal/informal sector dichotomy and provide an example of work in each sector

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. The formal sector is salaried or wage-based work that is officially recognized and recorded.
2. The informal sector is not officially recognized and is often illegal.
3. An example of formal sector work is wage labor in a factory.
4. An example of informal sector work is prostitution.

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Anthropologist Alvin Wolfe has proposed that multinational corporations are beginning to evolve into supranational entities that are more powerful and influential than the nationstate

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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a. tonal languages b. paralanguages c. extinct languages d. indigenous languages

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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