... the lack of embeddedness of the capability approach in social and political relations and structures. In this article, the authors investigate the influence of three institutional contexts (Belgium, the Netherlands and France) on the respective work-related functionings of self-employed and regular workers...

...Dominique Boels Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the organisation of informal street selling in the capital of Belgium, its association with formal and illegal selling and the perceptions, choices and decisions of the sellers. Design/methodology/approach...

...Gijs J.M. Dekkers Purpose This paper aims to present a multi‐dimensional measure of poverty. The proposed method has been applied to the Panel Set of Belgian Households dataset for Belgium for the years between 1994 and 2000. Design/methodology/approach First, a common model is decided upon...

... to be transformed into legitimate employment. Design/methodology/approach This paper evaluates the service vouchers policy initiative in Belgium and the Harz Committee policy recommendations, especially mini jobs, in Germany. Findings The finding is that although significant numbers of declared jobs have...