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STS364 Elena Z. et al.

Informal employment and Sustainable
Development Goals: Mutual influence and
consistency of indicators
Elena Zarova, Elvira Dubravskaya
Analytical Centre by Moscow City Government

Abstract
Informal employment is an integral part of the labour market in the economy
of all countries without exception, having in many countries a significant
impact on the level of socio-economic development and economic growth.
The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda resolution, adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2015, consists of 17 sustainable
development goals and 169 targets, many of which are directly or indirectly
related to informal employment.
The report presents the results of the study, which aims to develop methods
for assessing the indicators of mutual influence and consistency of informal
employment and indicators of sustainable development goals at the country
level. At the same time, it is proved that this mutual influence is substantively
and quantitatively different in countries with different levels of economic
development.
The results of this work can serve as the basis for the development of a
comprehensive analysis methodology for sustainable development, taking
into account the fact that “they are complex and indivisible and will balance
three aspects of sustainable development: economic, social and
environmental”.
The authors present the results of experimental calculations based on official
statistical information about countries in terms of the scale and structure of
informal employment, as well as indicators of the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). The results of these calculations show that levels of informal
employment and the SDG indicators are interrelated, and this relationship has
deep economic and social causes. The conclusion contains recommendations
on methods for identifying and assessing the hidden factors of this
interdependence, as well as the necessary information base.

Keywords
Informal employment; Sustainability; Indicators; Canonical Correlation;
Synergistic effect

1. Introduction
The relationship of the SDG indicators is considered in scientific
publications and practical documents as a basis for analyzing the achievement

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