Diagnosis of Business and Employment Environment in Iran with Focusing on Identifying the Causes of Formation Informal Employment with themes Network Approach

Abstract

In recent decades the business environment has been one of the keywords in business, commerce, and economics. Efforts to enhance the indicators of business environment improvement have a significant role in the growth and development of employment, especially in the private sector. The diagnosis of the variables involved in this field can be effective in creating a suitable environment for businesses. Among the important variables in this field are informal employment and its important consequences for the business environment. If the barriers to production are to be removed, it is first necessary to identify the drivers and barriers, so that positive steps can be taken to remove the barriers and strengthen the drivers. Therefore, the focus of this study is to identify the causes of informal employment in Iran. This research has been done with the qualitative method. Data were collected through interviews with experts. The data were then analyzed by various methods including thematic analysis and Delphi. During three Delphi rounds, the data were validated and the final research framework was developed as a themes network. Based on the research findings, more than eighty factors were identified in the formation of informal employment and then classified into macro, legal, and individual factors.