对于非正规部门的组成和定义,二十年来一直是个争论的问题。一些经济学家和社会学家将非正规部门说成是影子经济、平行经济、躲藏经济、地下经济、非报告经济、非正规经济、黑色市场等等。对非正规部门最初的解释记载于国际劳工组织1972年访问肯尼亚的报告中。1973年出版的国际劳工组织报告中指出:非正规部门是由小规模 The composition and definition of the informal sector has been a matter of debate for two decades. Some economists and sociologists describe the informal sector as shadow economy, parallel economy, hiding economy, underground economy, non-reporting economy, informal economy, black market and so on. The initial explanation of the informal sector is contained in the report of the International Labor Organization’s visit to Kenya in 1972. The 1973 ILO report states that the informal sector is small-scale