Informalidad laboral en la ciudad de Cali

Given Colombia’s persistently high rate of informality, this paper explores the association between informal workers’ residential locations in Cali and intra‐urban labor informality. Employing microdata from the 2012–2013 Employment and Quality of Life Survey, spatial‐dependence models are estimated across analytically homogeneous regions to ensure statistical validity. The results reveal marked patterns of spatial segregation: areas with lower educational attainment and a higher proportion of Afro‐Colombian residents host a large share of informal workers and exhibit a statistically significant positive relationship between residential proximity to the workplace and the prevalence of labor informality. These findings underscore the need for targeted educational and vocational training, formalization policies, and improved public transport infrastructure to mitigate mobility barriers and foster greater integration into the formal labor market

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Geography · Homogeneous · Microdata (statistics · Occupational mobility · Population · Sociology · Vocational education · Welfare economics · Demography · Latin American Urban Studies · Regional Development and Innovation · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis