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Poverty and labor informality in Colombia.
- Source :
- IZA Journal of Labor Policy; 8/17/2020, Vol. 10 Issue 1, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Labor informality and poverty are at high levels in Latin America. In developing countries, poverty and the labor market are related not through unemployment but through employment. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the link between labor informality and poverty in Colombia. To do so, earnings gaps associated with labor informality are estimated; then, the effect of formalization on poverty is calculated, as the influence of changes in labor informality on Colombia's poverty reduction from 2002 to 2013. The findings show that the earnings gap between formal and informal workers is 37–44%, and if informality were eliminated, poverty would decrease by approximately 40%. However, even though informality has great potential to reduce poverty, its actual effect on Colombia's poverty reduction in the years analyzed was low. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POVERTY reduction
POVERTY
LABOR market
LABOR
DEVELOPING countries
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21939004
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IZA Journal of Labor Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145201321
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2020-0006