Heterogeneidad en el sector informal y transiciones entre estados. Un análisis de largo plazo para el mercado laboral argentino

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ID6166916
AuthorsLuis Beccaria (0000-0003-1859-8576, National University of General Sarmiento), Luis Alberto Beccaria, Sonia Filipetto (0000-0002-9250-8164, National University of General Sarmiento), Sonia Marina Filipetto, Nahuel Mura (National University of General Sarmiento)
Year2022
Issue92
Pages195-235
Publication date2022-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Desarrollo y Sociedad (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0120-3584 • E-ISSN: 1900-7760
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.13043/dys.92.6
OpenAlexW4307713567
LanguageES
References cited18

There is much debate around whether labor informality reflects situations of exclusion or whether it constitutes a valuable alternative for those who work in this sector. This paper contributes to the discussion by comparing the characteristics of those who move from the formal to the informal sector with the characteristics of those who remain in formal sector jobs during the 1995-2019 period in Argentina. Multinomial choice models are used for this purpose. The influence of such movements on the variation of wages is also evaluated. Both sets of evidence reveal that the positions in the informal sector, taken as a whole, do not seem to constitute a desirable destination for those who work in the formal sector. However, there is also evidence of heterogeneity in the informal sector, since the profile of those who move to one of its segments —that of employers— is consistent with the idea of voluntariness

Humanities · Political science · Economic Theory and Policy · Latin American socio-political dynamics · Philosophy · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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